Studies still uncovering true extent of 2019-20 Australia wildfire catastrophe
Australia’s 2019-20 bushfires burned with unprecedented intensity through a total of 24 million hectares (59 million acres), an area the size of the U.K.New...
A Second Life For Your Used Nespresso Capsule This Global Recycling...
Johannesburg, South Africa: Global Recycling Day is celebrated on the 18th of March every year. Global Recycling Day was created in 2018 to help...
No joking: Great apes can be silly and playfully tease each...
Cracking a good joke is no laughing matter, but the complex cognitive abilities that underpin humor have so far been studied mostly in humans,...
Fishers’ memories on par with scientific data on historic catches: Study
A new study investigated how the memories of about 400 fishers from traditional communities in Brazil can serve as sources of data on historic...
Mongabay Data Studio: Revealing nature’s hidden stories through data (commentary)
High-quality data journalism serves as a powerful tool in revealing complex environmental issues, transforming raw data into compelling narratives that illuminate the hidden stories...
Migratory Amazonian catfish placed on the international protection list
The gilded and piramutaba catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii and B. vaillantii, respectively) were recently placed on the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS)...
Madagascar takes key step toward improving transparency of its fisheries
Madagascar recently released its first fisheries transparency report, part of an effort to open up, democratize, and improve the sustainability of its fisheries sector.The...
Rehabilitation of Guatemalan fauna highlights opacity of illegal wildlife trade
Endangered monkeys, some of them trafficked into the pet trade, were among the animals released into the wild in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve last...
Report calls for agroecological rethink of Africa’s food amid $61b industrial...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released agricultural development plans for 40 countries across the continent that outline pathways to improving food security and...
Phantom deeds see Borneo islanders lose their land to quartz miners
Gelam is a small uninhabited island off the southwest coast of Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province that used to be home to a community of...
Riverine communities join forces to preserve threatened Amazon turtles
Residents of 32 communities in Juruti, western Pará state, organize to preserve species such as the Amazon turtle (Podocnemis expansa), tracajá (P. unifilis), pitiú...
For threatened Andean condors, garbage dump offers a buffet of risks...
In a 17-year study, Chilean researchers observed that Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) use landfills as supplemental food sources when natural food is scarce.The researchers...
