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Banner image of Kanzi by William H. Calvin via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bonobos keep track of groupmates even when they can’t see them, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 20 Aug 2025

Tortoise hatchlings born of century-old parents come out of their shells at Philadelphia Zoo

Associated Press 20 Aug 2025
The First Gen tanker off the shores of Santa Clara, October, 2024.

Philippine fishers struggle as LNG ‘superhighway’ cuts through biodiversity hotspot

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2025
After separating the edible pulp, the leftover enset fibers are collected and used to make durable household items like ropes, mats and baskets. Image by Solomon Yimer for Mongabay.

Ethiopian initiatives try to mainstream traditional and resilient enset crop in diets

Solomon Yimer 20 Aug 2025

How rain can reveal what lives in rainforest treetops

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Aug 2025
An ocelot hiding in a tree in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

NGOs launch novel community projects to conserve Mexico’s ocelots

Sandra Weiss 20 Aug 2025

Argentina’s elephant seals face 100-year recovery after avian flu devastation: Study

Astrid Arellano 20 Aug 2025
The paving of the BR-319 highway would open the Amazon to further deforestation, affecting Brazil's rain cycle and endangering Indigenous communities. Image courtesy of the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT).

Brazil’s new licensing accord is a gateway to forest destruction via the BR-319 highway (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 20 Aug 2025

Pulp and paper giant APP moves closer to regaining FSC stamp despite pending review

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Aug 2025
Banner image: Corals and fish within the Bitaug MPA. Image © Dean Apistar/WCS Philippines.

Community efforts yield new marine protected area in the Philippines

Kristine Sabillo 20 Aug 2025

Fate of iconic, and endangered, Brazilwood pits musical tradition against conservation

Fernanda Wenzel 20 Aug 2025

Goliath versus Goliath (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 20 Aug 2025

Respite, for now, for bird migration hotspot at heart of Sri Lanka’s wind power dispute

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Aug 2025

Indonesia’s aquafarm revamp sparks fears for fate of farmers and mangroves

Basten Gokkon, M Ambari 20 Aug 2025

Norway pledges more direct funding to support Indigenous peoples in Brazil

Aimee Gabay 19 Aug 2025

Indigenous groups demand action from South American leaders at Amazon summit

Associated Press 19 Aug 2025
Sea fans in a coral reef in San Pedro, Belize. Image by Fabrice Dudenhofer / Ocean Image Bank.

Belize project seeks out heat-resilient corals to protect its reefs

Marco Lopez 19 Aug 2025
Venezuela Oil License

Venezuela tries an environmental rebrand, but critics aren’t buying it

Maxwell Radwin 19 Aug 2025
Equipment used in deep-sea mining. Photo by Richard Baron/The Metals Company

Deep-sea mining is a false solution to our challenges (commentary)

Pradeep Singh 19 Aug 2025
A whale shark near Ningaloo Reef off western Australia.

Whale shark hotspot discovered along the Great Barrier Reef

Edward Carver 19 Aug 2025
A sperm whale.

Ocean-based carbon storage ramps up, bringing investment and concern

Sean Mowbray 19 Aug 2025

How Indonesian companies dodge fines for forest & peatland fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Aug 2025
An Indigenous village in the Mount Mantalingahan area

Philippines’ new forest policy wins business backing but alarms green groups

Keith Anthony Fabro 19 Aug 2025
John Landsiedel. Image from his social media.

John Landsiedel, Alaska wildlife biologist and pilot, died on July 25, aged 33

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Aug 2025
A jackdaw feeds from various bowls containing food.

Are crows really street smart? Science confirms the genius of corvids (commentary)

Deyatima Ghosh 19 Aug 2025
View of Chiribiquete National Park.

Deforestation & illegal roads advancing fast in Colombia’s largest natural area

Iván Paredes Tamayo 19 Aug 2025
Banner image of an adult and baby orangutan at Betung Kerihun National Park in Indonesian Borneo, by Sabar Minsyah via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

World Orangutan Day: Ongoing threats & habitat loss haunt these great apes

Kristine Sabillo 19 Aug 2025
Banner image of a reindeer calf in 2009 at a Gabna Sámi village in Sweden, by Silje Bergum Kinsten/norden.org via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.5 DK).

Deadly Nordic heat wave made 10 times worse by climate change: Study

Kristine Sabillo 19 Aug 2025

Spain deploys 500 more troops to battle wildfires during extended heat wave

Associated Press 18 Aug 2025
A female tiger. Tigers were among the first few species added to CITES Appendix I in 1975 to halt the illegal trade of tigers and their parts.

US proposes zero new protections for traded wildlife at upcoming CITES CoP

Spoorthy Raman 18 Aug 2025
A flowering shoot of jambu.

Amazon jambu blends tradition and science for numbing flavors and healthcare

Sarah Brown 18 Aug 2025

There’s hope for sunflower sea stars, with their killer unmasked and reintroductions pending

Darren Incorvaia, Sharon Guynup 18 Aug 2025

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