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Droughts could change bird songs, creating new species, says study on Darwin’s finches

Liz Kimbrough 8 Nov 2024

‘Glimmers of promise’ for 30×30 goal as UN report calls for boosted efforts

Liz Kimbrough 29 Oct 2024
Little brown bats shows symptoms of White-nose Syndrome in Canoe Creek Mine in Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of Michael Schirmacher/ Bat Conservation International

When bats die, farmers use more pesticides & infant deaths rise, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 25 Oct 2024

In the dark of the night, sponges help possum shrimp ‘smell’ their way home

Liz Kimbrough 10 Oct 2024

Small snails make big comeback in French Polynesia

Liz Kimbrough 27 Sep 2024
Two men planting trees in the Yokadouma Council Forest, Cameroon. Image courtesy WWF.

Reforestation to capture carbon could be done much more cheaply, study says

Liz Kimbrough 14 Aug 2024

Ants perform life-saving amputations on injured nestmates, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 2 Aug 2024
Cacao pod in Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

New relatives of the cacao tree uncovered in old plant collections

Liz Kimbrough 29 Jul 2024
A bee with a sunflower in Tokyo.

It’s the bee’s needs: Study finds best plants for bee health, conservation

Liz Kimbrough 5 Jul 2024

‘Miracle’ in miniature as rare new plant defies deforestation in Ecuador

Liz Kimbrough 28 Jun 2024
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, is just one region where fires are burned throughout Russia in 2020. Image by Greenpeace International.

Canada’s 2023 wildfires outsmoked global aviation, yet emissions go uncounted

Liz Kimbrough 27 Jun 2024

New study says conservation works, providing hope for biodiversity efforts

Liz Kimbrough 1 May 2024

Meet the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Liz Kimbrough 29 Apr 2024
Silvia Vetancourt holds out a coin purse she is crocheting from cabuya fiber on the path to Plaza Gutierrez, Ecuador. Photo by Liz Kimbrough.

Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley

Liz Kimbrough 25 Apr 2024
Hoatzin in Peru. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

A new and improved bird family tree shows rapid post-dinosaur evolution

Liz Kimbrough 11 Apr 2024

Haunting song pays tribute to Toughie, the frog whose extinction went unnoticed

Liz Kimbrough 10 Apr 2024

How to ‘stop mining before it starts’: Interview with community organizer Carlos Zorrilla

Liz Kimbrough 4 Apr 2024
A long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) in Borneo.

Previously logged forests struggle to thrive, even with restoration, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 27 Mar 2024
Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis). Image courtesy of WWF Sweden.

Ancient giant river dolphin species found in the Peruvian Amazon

Liz Kimbrough 20 Mar 2024

Biological field stations deliver high return on investment for conservation, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 6 Mar 2024

New giant anaconda species found on Waorani Indigenous land in Ecuador

Liz Kimbrough 28 Feb 2024
De Winton's Golden Mole, a blind mole that lives beneath the sand and has sensitive hearing that can detect vibrations from movement above the surface. (Photo by JP Le Roux)

We’re losing species faster than we can find them, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 27 Feb 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

Newly described tree species from Sumatra could be vital for threatened orangutans

Liz Kimbrough 28 Dec 2023

Brazil’s mammals help humanity, but those services are at risk, study says

Liz Kimbrough 15 Dec 2023

New guidebook draws on real-world experiences for running private nature reserves

Liz Kimbrough 1 Dec 2023

Track-a-mole: Sniffer dog and eDNA help ‘rediscover’ South African golden mole

Liz Kimbrough 29 Nov 2023

Jane Goodall and Dax Dasilva partner with Amazon Indigenous youth for new Roots & Shoots program

Liz Kimbrough 24 Nov 2023

Deforestation continues in Kenya’s largest water capturing forest, satellites show

Liz Kimbrough 7 Nov 2023
Andean cock of the rock bird in Manu. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Sound recordings and AI tell us if forests are recovering, new study from Ecuador shows

Liz Kimbrough 23 Oct 2023
The electric-blue tarantula, Chilobrachys natanicharum, found in Thailand. Image courtesy of Yuranan Nanthaisong

New electric-blue tarantula species is first found in Thailand mangroves

Liz Kimbrough 9 Oct 2023

‘Lost’ Brazilian holly tree species found again after nearly 200 years

Liz Kimbrough 21 Sep 2023

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