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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

White-rumped vulture returns to a Cambodian sanctuary after a decade’s absence

Naina Rao 20 Jul 2026

Southeast Asian mangroves shift from historic decline to net growth

Naina Rao 13 Jul 2026

Dusky langurs start using new canopy bridge in Malaysia’s Penang Island

Naina Rao 6 Jul 2026

Iran rearrests prominent conservationists freed just two years ago

Naina Rao 3 Jul 2026

Rare fungi help restore Palmyra Atoll rainforests, new study finds. Here’s how

Naina Rao 3 Jul 2026

Giant Salmon Carps in Laotian market. Image by Peter Cunningham via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).

Recent discoveries of ‘lost’ Mekong giant salmon carp renews hope for the fish

Naina Rao 1 Jul 2026

Hong Kong’s urban cockatoos could be a genetic lifeline for Indonesian ancestors

Naina Rao 29 Jun 2026

Dang Dinh Bach speaking.

Vietnamese environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach released after 5 years in prison

Naina Rao 26 Jun 2026

Museum DNA unmasks new Himalayan pit vipers, study says

Naina Rao 19 Jun 2026

‘Lost’ parrot rediscovered on remote Indonesian peak

Naina Rao 16 Jun 2026

Himalayan rivers shifting course as climate warming thaws the ‘Water Tower of Asia’

Naina Rao 16 Jun 2026

Indonesia’s grassroots farmers face increased unpredictability, experts say

Naina Rao 10 Jun 2026

Sea cucumber tissue survives for years in open water, study finds

Naina Rao 5 Jun 2026

Scientists warn of climate blind spot as U.S. dismantles ocean sensors

Naina Rao 4 Jun 2026

Tiny ‘sesame’ sea slug discovered in Taiwan is first of its genus named in 30 years

Naina Rao 4 Jun 2026

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