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A collared wolf from the Druid pack

How one woman’s wolf ‘moon shot’ changed Yellowstone forever: Interview with director Tom Winston

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2025

US national park staff cuts put nature and visitors at risk

Bobby Bascomb 10 Mar 2025
A coral reef and marine life in the waters off Raja Ampat in Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. Image courtesy of Econusa.

Indonesia seeks alternative funding as USAID freeze delays marine conservation efforts

Basten Gokkon 7 Mar 2025
A fisherman at the Laa River, North Morowali, cleans clams before selling them.

‘Without us, no scrutiny’: Indonesia’s independent media count cost of US funding cuts

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2025

‘Misguided & lazy’ staff cuts at NOAA will hurt global science, experts warn

Bobby Bascomb 5 Mar 2025
Banner image of the American crocodile by Joseph Ricketts, courtesy of FWC.

Researchers track Florida’s crocodiles to increase acceptance amid urbanization

Kristine Sabillo 5 Mar 2025
Banner image: A sea turtle swims over a coral reef off the coast of Australia. Image by Jordan Robins via Ocean Image Bank.

The U.S. terminated its 30×30 conservation plan but this also presents an opportunity (commentary)

Angelo Villagomez, Dr. Alia Hidayat 26 Feb 2025
Banner image of Agroecotettix silverheelsi from Texas courtesy of JoVonn Hill.

16 new-to-science grasshopper species found in US, Mexico deserts

Kristine Sabillo 21 Feb 2025

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known bird at 74, has a new chick

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Feb 2025
A coal-fired power plant at night in the nickel industrial area in Halmahera.

US security think tank warns of China’s grip over Indonesian nickel industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2025

Bonobos can recognize ignorance and help, a new ‘milestone’ in ape intelligence

Shanna Hanbury 18 Feb 2025

Climate change made LA fires more likely amid hot, dry conditions: Report

Bobby Bascomb 14 Feb 2025

Fossil fuel, plastic, and agrichemical companies coordinate social media on climate change, study finds.

Bobby Bascomb 13 Feb 2025

‘Truffle dogs’ help sniff out two new truffle species

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Feb 2025

Petition calls on EPA to tighten pesticide rules to protect bees

Bobby Bascomb 12 Feb 2025
Banner image of a roof rat (Rattus rattus) by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Surge in rat numbers linked to climate warming, urbanization: Study

Kristine Sabillo 7 Feb 2025

A dramatic rise in microplastics found in human brains, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 7 Feb 2025

LA wildfires release toxic chemicals that threaten wildlife, experts say

Bobby Bascomb 28 Jan 2025
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with federal, state and nonprofit partners to restore endangered Atlantic salmon to the Penobscot River watershed in Maine.

Salmon farms under fire on U.S. East Coast after being shuttered on West Coast

Edward Carver 24 Jan 2025

US set to lose out as Trump retreats from climate agreement, NGOs warn

Kristine Sabillo 23 Jan 2025
Banner image of Tropical Cyclone Sean over Australia, courtesy of NASA.

Historic Arctic freeze for US South and record rain in Western Australia

Kristine Sabillo 22 Jan 2025

Firefighters in LA blaze face same toxic exposure as 9/11 responders

Bobby Bascomb 17 Jan 2025
Banner image of discus fish by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

1 in 4 freshwater species worldwide at risk of extinction: Study

Kristine Sabillo 14 Jan 2025

Surviving fire but not the toxins as modern homes, full of plastic, burn

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2025
right whale breaching

Right whales can live to 130, but in North America they die young

Edward Carver 10 Jan 2025

Deadly wildfires force thousands to evacuate homes in Los Angeles

Bobby Bascomb 9 Jan 2025
a fly mid-pollination

Warming threatens flies more than bees, raising pollination concerns

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jan 2025

President Biden bans offshore oil and gas drilling for many U.S. waters

Bobby Bascomb 8 Jan 2025

U.S. reports first human death from H5N1 bird flu

Mongabay.com 7 Jan 2025
Jane Goodall in Japan in June 2023. Photo taken by Kaori Nishida

Jane Goodall awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jan 2025
Trees on the shore of Salmon Lake south of Sitka. Image courtesy of Dang Ngo / Greenpeace.

How the U.S. got no old growth forest protections from the Biden Administration (commentary)

Dominick A. DellaSala 3 Jan 2025
The National Family Farm Coalition protests genetically engineered salmon at an event in Berea, Kentucky in August 2024.

Campaigners celebrate as firm making first-ever GMO fish ceases operations

Edward Carver 31 Dec 2024

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