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Detroit Dam in Oregon

The world’s dams: Doing major harm but a manageable problem?

Petro Kotzé 21 Apr 2022
Irrawaddy dolphin in the Mekong river © WWF-Cambodia / Tan Someth Bunwath

Death of last river dolphin in Laos rings alarm bells for Mekong population

Carolyn Cowan 14 Apr 2022
ransgenic zebrafish expressing different fluorescent colours.

GM fish engineered to glow in the dark are found in Brazil creeks

Sue Branford 6 Apr 2022
NASA satellite image of the Rio Tapajos in March 2022.

Dams on Brazil’s Jamanxim River: The advancing assault on the environment and Indigenous peoples in the Tapajós basin (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 29 Mar 2022

Cambodian project aims to revive flagging fish populations in Tonle Sap Lake

Carolyn Cowan 22 Mar 2022

Pharmaceutical water pollution detected deep in the Brazilian Amazon

Jenny Gonzales 21 Mar 2022
Goby

One fish, two fish: New goby species described from the Philippines

Carolyn Cowan 21 Feb 2022

The past, present and future of the Congo peatlands: 10 takeaways from our series

John Cannon 16 Dec 2021

Carbon and communities: The future of the Congo Basin peatlands

John Cannon 14 Dec 2021

In Laos, a ‘very dangerous dam’ threatens an ancient world heritage site

Tom Fawthrop 10 Dec 2021

Holding agriculture and logging at bay in the Congo peatlands

John Cannon 9 Dec 2021
Great barrier reef. Image by Ayanadak123 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Restoring coastal forests can protect coral reefs against sediment runoff: Study

Aimee Gabay 7 Dec 2021

Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil

John Cannon 7 Dec 2021

The ‘idea’: Uncovering the peatlands of the Congo Basin

John Cannon 2 Dec 2021

Young forests can help heal tropical aquatic ecosystems: Study

Aimee Gabay 19 Nov 2021

Stretch of Borneo’s Mahakam River eyed for protection to save Irrawaddy dolphins

Basten Gokkon 5 Nov 2021
dolphin

Pingers on fishing nets found to save river dolphins in Indonesian Borneo

Carolyn Cowan 29 Oct 2021

In a sea of oil palms, even monitor lizards need islands of natural forest

Carolyn Cowan 11 Oct 2021
Crocodile-WWF

Snapshot of hatchlings raises hopes for Siamese crocs in northeast Cambodia

Carolyn Cowan 24 Sep 2021
Laysan albatross

Not just sea life: Migratory fish, birds and mammals also fall foul of plastic

Carolyn Cowan 3 Sep 2021

Illegal mining in Colombia’s Amazon threatens Indigenous communities

Carol Sánchez 24 Aug 2021
Fireflies illuminate the forest. Image by Roberto Marchegiani via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Loss of mangroves dims the light on firefly populations in Malaysia

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 15 Aug 2021

Lessons from the 2021 Amazon flood (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 23 Jul 2021

Planned Brazil-Peru highway threatens one of Earth’s most biodiverse places

Fabiano Maisonnave 22 Jul 2021

Amazon dams: No clean water, fish dying, then the pandemic came

Tiffany Higgins 23 Jun 2021
Neotropical river otter by Sabrina Bettoni

Chirp, chuckle and growl: Neotropical river otters call out to communicate

Liz Kimbrough 26 May 2021
Toilet urban art

‘Opening the lid’ on toilet innovation: Q&A with author Chelsea Wald

John Cannon 6 Apr 2021

Amazon’s Belo Monte dam cuts Xingu River flow 85%; a crime, Indigenous say

Tiffany Higgins 8 Mar 2021

Historical analysis: The Amazon’s mineral wealth — curse or blessing?

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 21 Dec 2020

Multiplying Amazon river ports open new Brazil-to-China commodities routes

Manuela Andreoni; Diálogo Chino 19 Nov 2020

Brazil’s Bem Querer dam: An impending Amazon disaster (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 16 Nov 2020

Peruvian Indigenous groups thwart oil drilling in their territory — for now

John Cannon 30 Oct 2020

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