How a 160-year-old pelt piqued new findings on Indigenous ‘woolly dog’...
Researchers from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History recently studied and analyzed a 160-year-old pelt of an extinct woolly dog, part of a...
An NGO saves 15 big cats from certain death at a...
The first animals were chosen on the basis of their condition with a priority given to those in the worst shape.
A picture is worth...
Scientists come up with a way to repurpose plastic waste
Plastic waste is an untapped resource that can be recycled and processed into new plastics and other products.
Plastic pollution is an existential threat to...
Indonesia remembers Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, rare policymaker who stood for nature
Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, a respected Indonesian policymaker and environmentalist, passed away earlier this month, leaving behind a legacy of dedicated and direct leadership.Kuntoro’s lifelong dedication...
Study: Singapore biodiversity loss is bad — but not as bad...
A recent study concludes that Singapore has lost 37% of its species since the construction of the city began in 1819.While high, the figure...
Cocopah Tribe aims to restore Colorado River habitat — and tribal...
On the lands of the Cocopah Tribe in the U.S. state of Arizona, declining water levels on the Colorado River have paved the way...
Colombian companies defy laws, push Amazon carbon projects in Indigenous lands
The promise of an Indigenous university persuaded leaders from the Upper Solimões Indigenous lands, in the Brazilian Amazonas state, to sign carbon contracts with...
For Nepal, 2023 changed course of tiger conservation efforts
In 2023, Nepali conservation officials and stakeholders shifted their focus from shoring up numbers to human-tiger coexistence and development of corridors to enhance movement...
Peru’s ports allow entry of Chinese ships tied to illegal fishing...
Experts say that as of October, around 75 foreign vessels, most of them Chinese, entered Peruvian ports in 2023 without carrying a satellite tracking...
Farewell, Java stingaree: Scientist declare the first marine fish extinction
In December 2023, scientists declared the Java stingaree (Urolophus javanicus), a species of stingray, extinct.It’s the first marine fish confirmed to have gone extinct...
Nature-based recovery needed for Ukraine’s damaged protected areas (analysis)
A group of ecologists has published the first interim analysis of the impacts of Russia’s invasion on Ukraine’s protected areas, which has been an...
Detailed NASA analysis finds Earth and Amazon in deep climate trouble
A NASA study analyzed the future action of six climate variables in all the world’s regions — air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, short- and...
