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Dead elephant seal pups on a beach in Argentine Patagonia. It’s unclear how they died. Image © Maxi Jonas via WCS.

Wildlife disease surveillance at global scale needs stronger local networks: Study

Naina Rao 12 Oct 2026

Ethiopian highlands yield a new species of egg-eating snake

Naina Rao 9 Oct 2026

Arabian Sea humpbacks may be a unique subspecies at risk of extinction

Naina Rao 7 Oct 2026

Death of anti-plague lab worker in Russia prompts quarantines and international concern

Naina Rao 7 Oct 2026

16 new fungal species found hiding in Thailand’s flowers

Naina Rao 6 Oct 2026

Tokyo records historic 35-day rain streak driven by El Niño and stalled fronts

Naina Rao 30 Sep 2026

Bhutan recognized for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies ahead of World Rabies Day

Naina Rao 29 Sep 2026

Philippines is the deadliest country in Asia for environmental defenders, report finds

Naina Rao 28 Sep 2026

Chocolate giant lobbied U.S. and EU officials over deforestation laws, says report

Naina Rao 25 Sep 2026

Thismia daemona in its natural habitat. Image by Sahut Chantanaorrapint (CC BY 4.0).

A ‘devil-like’ flower from Thailand is new to science — and critically endangered

Naina Rao 23 Sep 2026

H5N1 bird flu jumps to marine mammals and wildlife in Australia

Naina Rao 21 Sep 2026

New nocturnal snake from New Guinea named after Slash of Guns N’ Roses

Naina Rao 7 Sep 2026

Vietnam seizes 1.2 tons of ivory, plus big cat bones, hidden in timber shipment

Naina Rao 3 Sep 2026

A woman lifts a jug she filled with water from a tanker truck amid rationing caused by drought, in the Cupey sector of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Climate change parches Puerto Rico and Jamaica in rare early wet season drought

Naina Rao 1 Sep 2026

Indianthus virgatus growing along the shaded bank of a stream in lowland forest. Image courtesy of Vishnu et al., 2026 (CC BY-NC 4.0).

‘Lost’ for 170 years, rare plant recorded in Sri Lanka

Naina Rao 31 Aug 2026

El Niño is disrupting the Pacific’s marine food web from the bottom up

Naina Rao 26 Aug 2026

Indonesia charges 72 over fires as haze chokes Borneo and Sumatra

Naina Rao 25 Aug 2026

This tiny Thai lizard shares its name with a ‘House of the Dragon’ beast

Naina Rao 21 Aug 2026

Hermit crabs and cockroaches emerge as unlikely seed dispersers on a Japanese island

Naina Rao 21 Aug 2026

Climate change drove extreme July heat in European seas, study finds

Naina Rao 20 Aug 2026

Infrastructure and land use behind devastating India monsoon floods

Naina Rao 14 Aug 2026

Wildfire ravages Indonesia’s Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park

Naina Rao 11 Aug 2026

Uzbekistan’s houbara releases serve hunting, not conservation, expert says

Naina Rao 11 Aug 2026

Climate change doubled likelihood of Canada’s extreme fire weather, study finds

Naina Rao 10 Aug 2026

In Manila’s shadow, a forest refuge still shelters rare plants

Naina Rao 6 Aug 2026

Australia confirms first mass bird flu mortality in wildlife

Naina Rao 4 Aug 2026

How Borneo’s giant trees defy gravity and old scientific theories

Naina Rao 4 Aug 2026

Climate change boosted Spain wildfire risk 20-fold, research shows

Naina Rao 31 Jul 2026

Report: Indonesian authorities weaponize laws to silence environmental and Indigenous defenders

Naina Rao 30 Jul 2026

Cyananthus hookeri in flower in Chuna Valley, Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Image courtesy of Lahiri, S. et al. (2026) via Oryx (CC BY 4.0).

Rare alpine herb confirmed in India after 158 years

Naina Rao 24 Jul 2026

New bird species identified on remote Indonesian island

Naina Rao 23 Jul 2026

Vietnam’s coffee boom fueled by decades of deforestation, report finds

Naina Rao 22 Jul 2026

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A young Diné girl assists her aunt in collecting water for their livestock. Courtesy of the Center for Indigenous Health

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