Mediterranean grapples with tasty, voracious invasive crabs
Two invasive blue crab species have recently settled in the Mediterranean.Both species are voracious predators that disrupt bottom habitats, shred fishers’ nets and ruin...
Overlooked and at risk, seagrass is habitat of choice for many...
Seagrass meadows, rather than coral reefs, are the fishing grounds of choice for many fishing households in four countries in the Indo-Pacific region, a...
Study highlights elusive Cameroonian gorillas, and the threats encircling them
Ebo Forest in southwestern Cameroon hosts a rare and enigmatic population of western gorillas.A new study analyzes how gorillas use the forest, finding they...
Private road sparks fears for Cameroon’s Ebo Forest
Bulldozers have opened around 40 kilometers (25 miles) of dirt road into the heart of the biodiverse Ebo Forest in southwestern Cameroon, raising fears...
In Brazil’s Amazon, traditional midwives push for greater recognition
Aptam was created in 2018 as the first and only association of traditional midwives in Brazil’s Amazonas state, where it works to counter negative...
Sumatran elephants pinned down by forest loss
Sumatran elephants in Indonesia’s North Aceh district are being increasingly pinned down in shrinking patches of forest amid the ongoing destruction of their habitat,...
Research adds to knowledge on nature and human well-being
University of Tokyo scientists offer new insights on how time with nature affects human well-being, with a view to protecting these assets.
Time spent in...
‘Birds are messengers’, says BirdLife’s Patricia Zurita
Next month BirdLife International, a global partnership of 115 organizations working to protect birds and their habitats, will mark its 100th anniversary by holding...
Q&A with authors Ankit Babu Adhikari & Pradeep Bashyal
The Indigenous Sherpa communities living in Nepal’s Himalayas find themselves at the forefront of climate change, say the authors of a recent book about...
New Brazil bill puts cattle pasture over Pantanal wetland
A bill loosening restrictions on cattle ranching in the Pantanal wetland has been approved by the Mato Grosso’s state legislature, prompting concerns it could...
Bangladesh struggles to protect the last of its last wild elephants
Habitat loss, forest degradation and encroachment into forest reserves are driving Asian elephants into human habitats in search of food, increasing human-elephant conflicts.In 2016,...
Invasive insects are inundating oak savannas in the Pacific Northwest
In the native range there are a handful of galls on a leaf. In the expanded range, there are thousands on a tree.
As the...
