For threatened seabirds of NE Atlantic, climate change piles on the...
A new report shows that puffins and other seabird species in the Northeast Atlantic are at risk from climate change.It warns most seabird species...
Biodiversity, human rights safeguards crucial to nature-based solutions: Critics
Nature-based solutions (NbS), a hotly debated concept, gained significant political traction throughout 2022, even as challenges and concerns over the failure to implement biodiversity...
Bird strike warnings resurface amid probe into deadly Nepal plane crash
A bird strike by a plane approaching Nepal’s Pokhara International Airport the day after the deadly Yeti Airlines crash has focused attention on the...
Translocation of eagle nests
South Africa is facing an energy crisis. The rush for getting renewable energy projects off the ground is ever-increasing and brings with it the...
Humanitarian experts report ‘cascading crises’ as climate, health emergencies soar
Globally, humanitarian aid workers are facing complex climate and health crises that require urgent adaptations within a shrinking humanitarian space, according to a recent...
Australian niobium mining project instills 16 years of anxiety for Malawi...
In 2006, Australian mining firm Globe Metals & Mining began exploring for rare earth metals niobium and tantalum in Malawi’s Kanyika hills, confirming in...
Indigenous Kogi worldview aims to change face of conservation for good
The Indigenous Kogi of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta in northern Colombia have been saying for decades that non-Indigenous populations are destroying the...
Q&A with pangolin expert Tulshi Suwal
Tulshi Laxmi Suwal has been studying pangolins her whole career, and today sits on the specialist group for the scaly anteaters at the IUCN,...
Even low levels of air pollution cause millions of deaths
The global health benefits of meeting the new WHO guideline are likely much larger than previously assumed.
Millions of people die prematurely each year as...
Corals thrive in clearer water with more access to sunlight
Coral reefs around the tropics are under increasing stress from warming temperatures, water acidification, pollution and overfishing. Yet one ray of hope for embattled...
Namibia’s fairy circles offer insights on arid ecosystems
Scientists have long sought to solve the mystery of Namibia’s fairy circles, and they think identifying the cause can offer climate insights.
The mystery over...
More than half of reef sharks and rays threatened with extinction,...
More than half of known species of coral reef sharks and rays are already threatened with extinction, mostly because of overfishing, according to new...
