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A young Diné girl assists her aunt in collecting water for their livestock. Courtesy of the Center for Indigenous Health

Indigenous women bring leadership, creativity & joy to clean water action (commentary)

Justine Apodaca 12 Oct 2026
Project team members prepare juvenile bull kelp for transplanting in Clayoquot Sound. Image courtesy of Graeme Owsianski/Redd Fish Restoration Society.

First Nation-led effort replants kelp forests in Clayoquot Sound

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Oct 2026
Paul Spong at the International Whaling Commission

A lifetime studying and advocating for cetaceans: Interview with Paul Spong

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Oct 2026
Aerial view of Arizona border wall construction where tree sit protests have been occurring. Image courtesy of the author.

Activists cite ecological, social connections in blocking US border wall construction (commentary)

Meg Perret 8 Oct 2026

Tropical Storm Isaias forms, is forecast to become a hurricane and hit US Gulf Coast this week

Associated Press 7 Oct 2026
An Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea)

Invading the globe: Bird flu now threatens Australia and Oceania

Christine Heinrichs 7 Oct 2026
Northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris ssp. kenyoni) in a kelp forest in Strathcona

Science, Indigenous knowledge team up to restore Canada’s kelp. (Sea otters help, too.)

Jennifer Cole 6 Oct 2026
Baird's tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) are the largest native land mammals in Central and South America. They are endangered and habitat loss is one of its biggest threats. Image by user Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

In Panama’s Darién forest, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 2026

Isle Royale wolves inbred but likely to survive, study says

Associated Press 30 Sep 2026
Adult southern mountain yellow-legged frogs in the headstarting facility at the Los Angeles Zoo.

New releases a leap forward for endangered frog in southern California

Ruth Kamnitzer 30 Sep 2026
An earless monitor lizard, endemic to Borneo.

Illegal wildlife continues to slip through Canada’s borders. Experts explain how

Alex Megerle 30 Sep 2026

Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Baja California, flooding coastal communities and toppling trees

Associated Press 29 Sep 2026

The mountain lion photo that helped change Los Angeles

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Sep 2026

US contractors reportedly purchase tin from company accused of illegal Amazon mining

Mongabay 23 Sep 2026
Olive ridley turtle.

Agency says sea turtle eggs laid on California beaches are a first for the US West Coast

Associated Press 23 Sep 2026
Looking out at "Mussel Rock" from the road. This area of Northern California is the ancestral terrioty of the Cosatal Yuki people. Image courtesy of Kai Pomo.

California Tribes receive beach and ancestral village site back from transportation authority

Liz Kimbrough 22 Sep 2026

Critics question oil and gas spending in Mexico’s proposed climate budget

Maxwell Radwin 22 Sep 2026

Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska’s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 1,200-pound champ, win again?

Associated Press 22 Sep 2026

‘Don’t shoot. Listen’: The AI-aided quest to understand Yellowstone’s wolves

Justin Catanoso 16 Sep 2026
Image: Elephant puppet created by Greg Corbino created for Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals by Stephanie Ann Boyd. Photo courtesy of Ocean Music Action.

‘Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals’ celebrates species with song

Liz Kimbrough 16 Sep 2026

EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

Associated Press 14 Sep 2026
shark fin

Panama looks to science, fishers, and the law to protect its sharks and rays

Monica Pelliccia 14 Sep 2026

Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open

Associated Press 11 Sep 2026

Court rules residents of a US city don’t have a constitutional right to lead-free water

Bobby Bascomb 10 Sep 2026
Donald Trump Jr. poses for photos following a morning of pheasant hunting at Hole in the Wall Lodge near Akron, Iowa, Saturday, October 27, 2017. Image by Jim Lee ©Sioux City Journal.

Vantara works with lobbyist tied to Trump Jr. and pro-hunting groups

Spoorthy Raman 9 Sep 2026

‘Plastic pollution hotspots’ spawn a public health crisis across Latin America

Mark Hillsdon 8 Sep 2026

In Panama’s Darién, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation

María Paula Rubiano A. 7 Sep 2026

Cherokee youth win legal rights for waterway in first all-female U.S. effort

Liz Kimbrough 3 Sep 2026

Repeal of US Roadless Rule could threaten drinking water for 25 million people

Liz Kimbrough 3 Sep 2026
The Olmeca oil refinery stands at the Dos Bocas port in Paraiso, Tabasco state, Mexico. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Mexico-Brazil oil deal raises concern for ecosystems and energy transition

Daniel Shailer 3 Sep 2026
Woodland caribou live in the boreal rainforests across Canada and parts of the U.S., surviving on lichens growing on centuries-old trees.

As British Columbia mulls continued wolf-killing to save caribou, critics say habitat loss is the real threat

Spoorthy Raman 1 Sep 2026
A woman lifts a jug she filled with water from a tanker truck amid rationing caused by drought, in the Cupey sector of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Climate change parches Puerto Rico and Jamaica in rare early wet season drought

Naina Rao 1 Sep 2026

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