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Girl with a seedling in Northern California. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler

Investing in the next generation of environmental journalists (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Nov 2025
Mount Mulanje in southeastern Malawi. Known as the “Island in the Sky,” Mount Mulanje, with 13 peaks and high-altitude basins, is rich in biodiversity with over 70 endemic species and provides surrounding communities with freshwater, natural forest products and essential protection from storms. Image by David Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

‘A big no’: Opposition grows to proposed mine in Malawi’s newest UNESCO site

Ruth Kamnitzer 4 Nov 2025
By fusing satellite, drone and ground-based data with AI-powered analytics, Earth observation systems now provide meter-scale insights (or finer) for key human-driven environmental impacts.

Report identifies 10 emerging tech solutions to enhance planetary health

Julian Reingold 4 Nov 2025
A humpback whale fluke.

Antarctic conservation summit closes with stalemate on MPAs & krill fishing rules

Francesco De Augustinis 4 Nov 2025

Youth, hope & the role of environmental journalism in building a better future (commentary)

Fernanda Biasoli 4 Nov 2025
Waorani leader Nemonte Nenquimo stands next to an oil spill near Shushufindi

These banks fund oil & gas in the Amazon amid climate crisis: Report

Constance Malleret 4 Nov 2025

Suriname’s plan to capitalize on carbon: Q&A with President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons

Maxwell Radwin 4 Nov 2025
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Banten Province, Indonesia.

Indonesia pledges energy transition — but the country’s new NDC says otherwise

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2025

New arrangements should preserve Nairobi’s much-loved Karura Forest

Dann Okoth 4 Nov 2025
Blackchin tilapia

Thai agri giant CPF sues activist over claims linking it to invasive fish outbreak

Carolyn Cowan 4 Nov 2025

Critical minerals drive legalization of mining on Amazon Indigenous lands

Lucas Berti 3 Nov 2025
Logging truck leaves the forest in Ghana. Image courtesy of Fern.

As Ghana ships first ‘gold standard’ timber to EU, questions about FLEGT’s future remain (commentary)

Fred Pearce 3 Nov 2025
Amazon Conservation Team ACEAA and Amazon Conservation with the Tacana II community of Puerto Pérez. Photo by Pedro Laguna/Conservación Amazónica ACEAA.

Despite new land title, Bolivia’s Indigenous Tacana II still face invaders

Aimee Gabay 3 Nov 2025
Rainforest in Vietnam. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

Beyond deforestation: redesigning how we protect and value tropical forests (analysis)

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Nov 2025
A shepherd watches livestock near Khi Solar One, a solar thermal plant that converts the sun's light energy into electricity, outside Upington, South Africa. Solar offers vast untapped potential in Africa. Image by AP Photo/Themba Hadebe.

At COP30, Africa can lead the way to a sustainable future — but will it? (commentary)

Samuel Ogunsona 3 Nov 2025
Banyan tree in Vietnam. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

What might lie ahead for tropical forests (analysis)

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Nov 2025
Corals and fish in Lighthouse Reef atoll, Belize.

Belize’s blue reputation vs. reef reality: Marine conservation wins, and what’s missing (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Oct 2025

Night dives reveal hidden alliances between young fish and larval anemones

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 31 Oct 2025

Scientists map Italy’s entire coast to guide seagrass and marine recovery

Manuela Callari 31 Oct 2025
Hagar Kudzordi Widow of Samuel Abayateye, looks at photos of her deceased husband, hoping to get answers. Image by Gideon Anku

A fisheries observer disappeared at sea. His family still waits for answers

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Oct 2025

Amid systemic corruption, Amazon countries struggle to fight environmental crime

Timothy J. Killeen 31 Oct 2025
Annual deforestation in the Legal Amazon (Amazonia) from 1988-2025, according to a preliminary estimate from Brazil's national space research institute, INPE.

Heading into COP, Brazil’s Amazon deforestation rate is falling. What about fires?

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Oct 2025

First documented case of plant smelling like an ant to attract pollinators

Liz Kimbrough 30 Oct 2025
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). Image by Dr. Wayne Trivelpiece via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Norway’s proposal to double krill harvests raises tension at Antarctic conservation summit

Francesco De Augustinis 30 Oct 2025

In Malawi, a rural community shines bright with 100% solar power milestone

Madalitso Wills Kateta 30 Oct 2025

In Rio’s largest favela, used oil becomes soap and social change

André Aram 30 Oct 2025

On first International Day of the Deep Seabed, we seek stewardship and consensus (commentary)

Leticia Carvalho 30 Oct 2025
A turkey moray in a coral reef in Mauritius.

In Mauritius, an NGO is tracking the sex life of corals to save them

Malavika Vyawahare 30 Oct 2025

Mauritius rethinks coral restoration as reefs suffer from another mass bleaching

Malavika Vyawahare 30 Oct 2025

With ‘terrifying’ trade in African hornbills, scientists call for increased protection

Spoorthy Raman 29 Oct 2025
A shark is hauled into the hold of the Pedra da Grelo, a Spanish longliner targeting swordfish in the south Atlantic ocean.

Report finds dangerous mercury levels, highlights mislabeling in shark meat sold in EU

Elizabeth Fitt 29 Oct 2025

Landmark conviction exposes Sri Lanka’s deep-rooted illegal elephant trade

Malaka Rodrigo 29 Oct 2025

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