It’s no Yeti, but Tibetan brown bear’s presence in Nepal is...
A newly published study is the first to offer clear photographic evidence of the presence of Tibetan brown bears in Nepal.The camera-trap images were...
Brazil’s biggest elected Indigenous caucus to face tough 2023 Congress
In Brazil’s Oct. 2 general elections, five self-declared Indigenous candidates were elected as federal deputies and two as senators, the highest number in the...
The environmental impact of video gaming consoles
Like other consumer electronics, game consoles require complex supply chains that rely on the mining of metals and rare-earth elements, the production of new...
Wrong trend for right whales amid ‘devastating’ population decline
A newly released estimate suggests that only 340 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales remained as of 2021, a 2.3% decline from 2020, when...
Loss of Brazilian pines threatens Kaingáng Indigenous culture
The decline of the Paraná pine forests in the southern region of Brazil poses serious consequences for the Kaingáng culture, which uses pine trees...
Q&A with Prem Bahadur Budha
Prem Bahadur Budha is Nepal’s leading malacologist, having described 18 new-to-science species of mollusks, mostly land snails, from his homeland.A newly published paper honors...
residents still in poverty near massive diamond project
More than 14 years since the discovery of the Marange diamond fields, one of the world’s largest diamond-producing projects, relocated residents and locals living...
Could ‘half-Earth’ conservation save orangutans?
Half-Earth proposes that half of the Earth’s surface should be designated a human-free nature reserve.
Half-Earth is a proposal by the late naturalist and “father...
Physicians call for justice on environmental health impacts
The American College of Physicians (ACP) calls for action on environmental health threats that disproportionately affect the marginalized.
The human health consequences of air and...
Could algae become a great new green food source?
Microalgae offer a potentially substantial, mostly untapped source of high-quality nutrition.
Agriculture accounts for around a fourth of greenhouse gas emissions, and red meat production...
With FSC rule change, deforesters once blocked from certification get a...
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has adopted a number of significant changes during its recent general assembly in Bali, chief among them moving its...
To protect the Southern Ocean, leaders must act now (commentary)
This week in Australia, global leaders have the opportunity to protect Antarctica’s vast and biodiversity rich Southern Ocean at the annual Commission for the...
