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Megafires are spreading in the Amazon — and they are here to stay

Sibélia Zanon and Luis Patriani 22 Feb 2024
A Geoffroy's spider monkey

Tech to recover rainforest: Interview with Osa Conservation’s Carolina Pinto & Paulina Rodriguez

Abhishyant Kidangoor 21 Feb 2024
A poler bear.

Freeze on Russian collaboration disrupts urgently needed permafrost data flow

Elizabeth Devitt 20 Feb 2024
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Postponement of century-old Indian Science Congress sparks controversy

Niladry Sarkar 15 Feb 2024
Saltwater crocodile

Risks to Myanmar’s last saltwater crocs point to coastal conservation needs

Carolyn Cowan 13 Feb 2024

Rewilding in Argentina helps giant anteaters return to south Brazil

Sarah Brown 12 Feb 2024
African elephants

Cornell receives $35m gift for research at nexus of wildlife and health

Carolyn Cowan 9 Feb 2024
A Fejervarya iskandari

Java’s frogman reflects on half-century dive into amphibian world

Donny Iqbal 7 Feb 2024

Like a moth to a flame: Science finally explains why insects flock to artificial lights

Liz Kimbrough 5 Feb 2024
Image by Dinesh Valke via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Freeing trees of their liana load can boost carbon sequestration in tropical forests

Mark Hillsdon 1 Feb 2024

In Argentina, scientists scramble to study seal colonies hit hard by avian flu

Maxwell Radwin 31 Jan 2024
Flowering tree in the Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Tropical forests share similar mix of common and rare tree species, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 31 Jan 2024
Indonesia forest and ocean

Forest diversity is key to Southeast Asia’s climate adaptability, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 31 Jan 2024
The length of the newly described stick insect can reach up to 35 cm (13.7 in).

In eastern Indonesia, a child adventurer discovers a new giant stick insect

Ebed de Rosary 31 Jan 2024
Hammerhead shark

DNA probe uncovers threatened shark species in Thailand’s markets

Carolyn Cowan 30 Jan 2024

Newly identified shorebird species takes its name from Hanuman, a mythical Hindu ape god

Malaka Rodrigo 25 Jan 2024
Farmers in Bihar, India, growing crops amidst solar panels.

We need a better understanding of how crops fare under solar panels, study shows

Ruth Kamnitzer 23 Jan 2024
A guina.

Conservationists aim to save South America’s super tiny wild cat, the guina

Petro Kotzé 22 Jan 2024
Researcher Guilherme Cabral

Why the Amazon’s small streams have a major impact on its grand rivers

Letícia Klein/Ambiental Media 18 Jan 2024

Report shows loss of natural land cover in Ecuador — and where it can still be saved

Kimberley Brown 17 Jan 2024

Thousands of tree species at risk of extinction in Atlantic Forest: study

Maxwell Radwin 16 Jan 2024
Plastic waste in water.

New AI model helps detect and identify microplastics in wastewater

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 Jan 2024
Bonobos and chimps recall friends and family even after years apart: Study

Bonobos and chimps recall friends and family even after years apart: Study

Malavika Vyawahare 15 Jan 2024
A wolverine. Image courtesy of MBarrueto via the Creative Commons, CC 2.0.

Let’s give the wary wolverine some space (commentary)

Gabe Schepens 12 Jan 2024

U.S. mining companies leave lasting trail of contamination across Peru

Roberth Orihuela 10 Jan 2024
Two koala bears.

Conservation X Labs announces merger with AI nonprofit Wild Me

Abhishyant Kidangoor 10 Jan 2024
Samburu pastoralists walking with their herd.

How will we know when local communities benefit from carbon offset schemes? (commentary)

Beth Allgood/John Waugh/Craig A. Talmage/Laura Musikanski/Dehara Weeraman 5 Jan 2024
Polar bears.

‘No end in sight’ for potential of conservation tech: Q&A with Megan Owen

Abhishyant Kidangoor 5 Jan 2024
A group of elephants observed during the 2022 KAZA aerial survey. Photo courtesy of Dylan Blew and Ty-Mason James/KAZA Elephant Survey.

Count, connect, conserve: Southern Africa elephant survey points the way (commentary)

Russell Taylor / Robin Naidoo / Lisa Steel / Michael Knight / Steven A. Osofsky 3 Jan 2024

Finance and support are key to fishers adopting eco-friendly gear, study shows

Basten Gokkon 3 Jan 2024

Study: Fishing with pesticides and dynamite puts Ecuadorian Amazon in peril

Mark Hillsdon 2 Jan 2024
The newly spotted female Javan rhino calf with its mother.

To help beleaguered Javan rhinos, study calls for tree felling, captive breeding

Jeremy Hance 27 Dec 2023

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