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Study automates acoustic monitoring of songbird migration

Researchers have developed...
Colombia adds hundreds of species to list of threatened flora and fauna

Colombia adds hundreds of species to list of threatened flora and...

The Ministry of Environment updated a list of threatened species in Colombia for the first time since 2017, adding hundreds of species facing a...
Crocworld welcomes Elliot the Emu to the family

Crocworld welcomes Elliot the Emu to the family

Last week, the Scottburgh-based Crocworld Conservation Centre welcomed a new addition to its fold – Elliot the Emu. Ryne Ferguson, Crocworld Conservation Centre Bird...
Another consequential year for the melting Arctic

Another consequential year for the melting Arctic

Arctic sea ice extent shrank to its summertime minimum this week — tied with 2017 and 2018 for the 10th lowest ever recorded. However,...
Gharial conservation plan leaves Nepal fishing communities searching for new jobs

Gharial conservation plan leaves Nepal fishing communities searching for new jobs

Since the creation of Chitwan National Park, some Indigenous Bote people who have lost access to their ancestral lands and livelihoods have been employed...
Expansion of Mennonite farmland in Bolivia encroaches on Indigenous land

Expansion of Mennonite farmland in Bolivia encroaches on Indigenous land

Mennonites first began settling in Bolivia in the 1950s, primarily in the department of Santa Cruz.Today, Bolivia’s Mennonite population numbers around 150,000, most of...

Meet the 2018 ‘Green Oscars’ winners

The six winners of 2018 Whitley Award are Munir Virani of Kenya; Shahriar Caesar Rahman of Bangladesh; Kerstin Forsberg of Peru; Dominique Bikaba of...