Conservation news https://news.mongabay.com/list/swamps/ Environmental science and conservation news Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:49:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png News on Swamps https://news.mongabay.com/list/swamps/ 32 32 Photos: Top new species from 2025 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/photos-top-new-species-from-2025/ https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/photos-top-new-species-from-2025/#respond 29 Dec 2025 14:22:20 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=312133 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/photos-top-new-species-from-2025/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-312133 Controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision threatens the country’s inland wetlands with new development, study says https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/controversial-u-s-supreme-court-decision-threatens-the-countrys-inland-wetlands-with-new-development-study-says/ 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