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Angelshark (Squatina squatina) in Spain by Michael Bommerer via Wikimedia Commons (CCBY4.0).

Brazil cities order endangered angelshark meat despite fishing ban

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2025
The First Gen tanker off the shores of Santa Clara, October, 2024.

Philippine fishers struggle as LNG ‘superhighway’ cuts through biodiversity hotspot

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2025
An ocelot hiding in a tree in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

NGOs launch novel community projects to conserve Mexico’s ocelots

Sandra Weiss 20 Aug 2025

Argentina’s elephant seals face 100-year recovery after avian flu devastation: Study

Astrid Arellano 20 Aug 2025

Pulp and paper giant APP moves closer to regaining FSC stamp despite pending review

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Aug 2025
Banner image: Corals and fish within the Bitaug MPA. Image © Dean Apistar/WCS Philippines.

Community efforts yield new marine protected area in the Philippines

Kristine Sabillo 20 Aug 2025

Fate of iconic, and endangered, Brazilwood pits musical tradition against conservation

Fernanda Wenzel 20 Aug 2025

Goliath versus Goliath (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 20 Aug 2025

Respite, for now, for bird migration hotspot at heart of Sri Lanka’s wind power dispute

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Aug 2025

Indonesia’s aquafarm revamp sparks fears for fate of farmers and mangroves

Basten Gokkon, M Ambari 20 Aug 2025

Norway pledges more direct funding to support Indigenous peoples in Brazil

Aimee Gabay 19 Aug 2025
Sea fans in a coral reef in San Pedro, Belize. Image by Fabrice Dudenhofer / Ocean Image Bank.

Belize project seeks out heat-resilient corals to protect its reefs

Marco Lopez 19 Aug 2025
Venezuela Oil License

Venezuela tries an environmental rebrand, but critics aren’t buying it

Maxwell Radwin 19 Aug 2025
Equipment used in deep-sea mining. Photo by Richard Baron/The Metals Company

Deep-sea mining is a false solution to our challenges (commentary)

Pradeep Singh 19 Aug 2025
A whale shark near Ningaloo Reef off western Australia.

Whale shark hotspot discovered along the Great Barrier Reef

Edward Carver 19 Aug 2025
A sperm whale.

Ocean-based carbon storage ramps up, bringing investment and concern

Sean Mowbray 19 Aug 2025
An Indigenous village in the Mount Mantalingahan area

Philippines’ new forest policy wins business backing but alarms green groups

Keith Anthony Fabro 19 Aug 2025
John Landsiedel. Image from his social media.

John Landsiedel, Alaska wildlife biologist and pilot, died on July 25, aged 33

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Aug 2025
A jackdaw feeds from various bowls containing food.

Are crows really street smart? Science confirms the genius of corvids (commentary)

Deyatima Ghosh 19 Aug 2025
Banner image of an adult and baby orangutan at Betung Kerihun National Park in Indonesian Borneo, by Sabar Minsyah via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

World Orangutan Day: Ongoing threats & habitat loss haunt these great apes

Kristine Sabillo 19 Aug 2025
A baby Sumatran rhino in Lampung.

Sniffer dogs may have rediscovered a lost population of Sumatran rhinos

Jeremy Hance 18 Aug 2025
A female tiger. Tigers were among the first few species added to CITES Appendix I in 1975 to halt the illegal trade of tigers and their parts.

US proposes zero new protections for traded wildlife at upcoming CITES CoP

Spoorthy Raman 18 Aug 2025
A flowering shoot of jambu.

Amazon jambu blends tradition and science for numbing flavors and healthcare

Sarah Brown 18 Aug 2025

Argentina pushes pipeline exports through protected Patagonian waters

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 18 Aug 2025
Borneo earless monitor. Image by Vojtěch Víta via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

US proposes threatened listing for widely trafficked Borneo earless monitor

Spoorthy Raman 18 Aug 2025
James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

Green hydrogen development threatens wildlife in Chile

Manuel Fonseca 18 Aug 2025
2017's Jones Fire in Oregon, U.S.

Old forests, new fires, and a scientific standoff over active management

John Cannon 18 Aug 2025

Lioness sighting in Central African Republic a ‘hopeful sign’ for northern subspecies

Spoorthy Raman 15 Aug 2025

New report warns 54% of turtles and tortoises are at risk of extinction

Liz Kimbrough 15 Aug 2025
View of central Kampala.

From counting trees to enhancing climate resiliency, Kampala focuses on its forests

Victoria Schneider 15 Aug 2025

What’s at stake for the environment in Bolivia’s upcoming elections?

Maxwell Radwin 15 Aug 2025
Cattle in Switzerland.

Will we still eat beef in 50 years?

John Cannon 15 Aug 2025

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