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Nepal’s rhinos are eating plastic waste, study finds

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Jun 2023
During their five-year project, To-Syn-Fuel converted more than 500 metric tons of dried sewage sludge into 50,000 liters (13,200 gallons) of oil.

Crud-to-crude: The global potential of biofuels made from human waste

Sean Mowbray 11 May 2023

Indigenous Amazon forests absorb noxious fumes and prevent diseases from wildfires, study suggests

Jenny Gonzales 11 Apr 2023
Since the beginning of the operation, government environmental agents have been destroying the logistical support of illegal mining, such as an airplane, a helicopter and a tractor, and have seized weapons and boats. Image courtesy of IBAMA by Ricardo Campos.

Lula government scrambles to overcome Yanomami crisis, but hurdles remain

Jenny Gonzales 6 Mar 2023

Pollution and climate change set stage for rise in antimicrobial resistance

John Cannon 8 Feb 2023

Pollinator declines linked to half million early human deaths annually: Study

Jeremy Hance 2 Feb 2023
Man spraying pesticides in woods. Image by Gilmer Diaz Estela via Pexels.

Poisoned by pesticides: Health crisis deepens in Brazil’s Indigenous communities

Aimee Gabay 16 Jan 2023
Dr Samuel Mathenge Ngatia, a veterinarian in the Gilgil District, Kenya, at work. Image courtesy of HealthforAnimals.

Better livestock health reduces carbon emissions (commentary)

Carel du Marchie Sarvaas 20 Dec 2022
Water line in Kathmandu

In temperate Nepal, climate change paves way for tropical dengue fever

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Oct 2022

Mongabay probe key as Brazil court rules on palm oil pesticide contamination

Karla Mendes 7 Oct 2022

Even Antarctic snow can’t escape the plastic peril, study shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 Jun 2022
In lab animals and humans, dysfunction of the gut microbiome has been linked to digestive diseases.

Unseen crisis: Threatened gut microbiome also offers hope for world

Claire Asher 26 Apr 2022
The Bialowieza Forest at sunrise. Photo courtesy of Aleksander Bolbot / WWF. 

WWF report calls forests a vital public health solution

Maxwell Radwin 10 Mar 2022

In a biodiversity haven, mining drives highest ever recorded levels of mercury

John Cannon 28 Feb 2022

Caffeine: Emerging contaminant of global rivers and coastal waters

Sean Mowbray 22 Feb 2022

Tiny plastic particles accumulating in river headwaters: Study

Claire Asher 10 Feb 2022

Preventing the next pandemic is vastly cheaper than reacting to it: Study

Sharon Guynup 4 Feb 2022

As world drowns in plastic waste, U.N. to hammer out global treaty

Charles Pekow 2 Feb 2022

Innovative sewage solutions: Tackling the global human waste problem

Sean Mowbray 25 Jan 2022
A sewage outlet in Bangkok.

The thick of it: Delving into the neglected global impacts of human waste

Sean Mowbray 11 Jan 2022

Lockdown underscores Uganda’s overreliance on tourism to fund conservation

Nangayi Guyson 21 Dec 2021

Uganda’s ‘Dr. Gladys’ honored by U.N. for work linking conservation and health

Malavika Vyawahare 13 Dec 2021

In a warming world, deforestation turns the heat deadly, Borneo study finds

Grace Dungey 25 Nov 2021

‘To change policies, insert yourself in them’: Q&A with biologist Liliana Dávalos

Nicolás Bustamante Hernández 29 Oct 2021

Poisoned city: The story of Brazil’s forgotten environmental disaster

Pedro Grigori - Agência Pública / Repórter Brasil 26 Oct 2021
Tense and Mulunesh, members of the women-led Nano Hena savings and credit cooperative, pick coffee beans during harvesting season in Illubabor Zone, Ethiopia. The cooperative is supported by Population, Health, and Environment Ethiopia Consortium and Ethio Wetlands and Natural Resources Association, partners working to improve biodiversity and increase resilience in communities in Southwestern Ethiopia. Photo credit: Maheder Haileselassie, Getty Images

Supporting more holistic approaches to conservation: an interview with Kai Carter

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Oct 2021

Biosurveillance of markets and legal wildlife trade needed to curb pandemic risk: Experts

Gloria Dickie 14 Oct 2021

Extreme heat exposure in cities tripled in less than 35 years, study finds

Malavika Vyawahare 6 Oct 2021

Look beyond carbon credits to put a price on nature’s services, experts say

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 4 Oct 2021

Not just for humans — scientists turn to vaccines to save endangered species

Gloria Dickie 20 Aug 2021

Black Death aside, we know surprisingly little about rodents and disease

Liz Kimbrough 9 Aug 2021

Address risky human activities now or face new pandemics, scientists warn

Sharon Guynup 3 Aug 2021

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