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In Chile’s far south, scientists record an island’s quickly shifting ecology

Michelle Carrere 30 Nov 2023
A green turtle swimming in the waters of New Caledonia.

New Caledonia expands strictly protected coverage of its swath of the Pacific

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 27 Oct 2023
The Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensi).

Meet Japan’s Iriomote and Tsushima cats: Ambassadors for island conservation

Annelise Giseburt 24 Oct 2023

Indigenous seed collectors grow a network of restoration across Brazil

Kevin Damasio 18 Oct 2023
The endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)

South Africa’s penguins heading toward extinction; will no-fishing zones help?

Leonie Joubert 17 Oct 2023

São Paulo nurseries bring the city’s rare and forgotten trees back to life

Sibélia Zanon 17 Oct 2023

99% of Caatinga biome could lose plant species due to climate change: Study

Evanildo da Silveira 6 Oct 2023

In São Paulo’s cityscape, community gardens prompt a new food paradigm

Sibélia Zanon 22 Sep 2023
A female South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris).

Suriname’s tapirs: Conservation in the face of hunting and other threats

Priscilla Misiekaba-Kia 7 Sep 2023

Transgenics contaminate a third of Brazil’s traditional corn in semiarid region

Adriana Amâncio 1 Sep 2023

For Caatinga’s last jaguars and pumas, wind farms are the newest threat

Suzana Camargo 22 Aug 2023

Beach heat: Study shows increasing temperature extremes on Brazil’s coast

Luís Patriani 17 Aug 2023

How seed networks across Brazil are helping to restore biomes

Juliana Domingos de Lima 3 Aug 2023
A fishing cat.

Small wildcats pose big challenges, but coexistence is very much possible

Sean Mowbray 21 Jul 2023

Migrating orangutan males imitate locals to learn about food: Study

Basten Gokkon 19 Jul 2023

Projects in Brazil’s Caatinga biome combine conservation and climate adaptation

Kevin Damasio 23 Jun 2023
A domestic cat out in the wild.

Mating game: Survival of some small wildcats at risk due to housecat hybrids

Elizabeth Devitt 25 May 2023
A black-footed cat.

‘Anthill tiger’: Putting one of Africa’s rarest wildcats on the radar

Petro Kotzé 18 May 2023
A small cat.

Small cats face big threats: Reasons to save these elusive endangered species

Sean Mowbray 19 Apr 2023

To restore Brazil’s Cerrado, planting trees is a bad option, experts say

Evanildo da Silveira 3 Apr 2023
A Bornean bearded pig family.

Bearded pigs a ‘cultural keystone species’ for Borneo’s Indigenous groups: Study

John Cannon 20 Mar 2023

Orangutan death in Sumatra points to human-wildlife conflict, illegal trade

Ayat S. Karokaro, Sri Wahyuni 6 Mar 2023

Multinational task force aims to save colorful rainforest frogs

Suzana Camargo 6 Mar 2023

Invisible destruction: 38% of remaining Amazon forest already degraded

Suzana Camargo 13 Feb 2023

Climate change makes its presence felt in the Amazon’s shrinking fish

Sibélia Zanon 9 Feb 2023

When nature gives them a chance to collab, jaguars aren’t so solitary after all

Ruth Kamnitzer 7 Feb 2023
A Cape Mountain Zebra and Young.

Temperature extremes, plus ecological marginalization, raise species risk: Studies

Tim Vernimmen 31 Jan 2023
A protected old-growth forest in Sequoia National Park. Image by Joan Maloof/Old-Growth Forest Network.

U.S. mature forests are critical carbon repositories, but at risk: Study

John Cannon 27 Jan 2023
Shanties stand along the bank of Buriganga River.

In Bangladesh, Ecologically Critical Areas exist only on paper

Abu Siddique 16 Dec 2022
Liana

Lianas affect forest carbon uptake differently by region, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 14 Dec 2022
Red ants forming chains.

How many ants live on Earth? At least 20 quadrillion, scientists say

Shannon Banks 12 Dec 2022
Two natterjack toads (Epidalea calamita) in mating position. Image courtesy of Christoph Bühler.

If you build it, the amphibians will come: Swiss researchers show new ponds boost species at risk

Elissa Welle 9 Dec 2022

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