Tensions rise in DRC mining region as community leaders arrested over protest
Civil society groups have denounced the “arbitrary” arrests of 11 community leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo following…
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New energy deals for Africa sealed at Nairobi summit
At the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, African and European leaders announced $31.5 billion in clean energy and infrastructure…
In Thailand, burned sugarcane plantations become traps for leopard cat cubs
Nuntita Ruksachat, head veterinarian at the Khon Kaen wildlife rescue center in northeastern Thailand, holds up a feline cub no…
Light pollution reshapes predator-prey dynamics at California's urban edge,…
A new study from two California counties finds that artificial light at night is a stronger driver of wildlife behavior at the…
2026 FIFA World Cup threatened by extreme heat: Report
Scientists warn that dangerous heat linked to climate change could create unsafe conditions for the upcoming World Cup in North…
Radio and satellite alerts help Zambian farmers live with dangerous wildlife
LUNDAZI, Zambia – In a yellow, single-story building in the eastern Zambian town of Lundazi, a radio presenter fields numerous…
Endangered Persian leopards persist across borders, despite hunters and…
Last September, zoologist and conservationist Bejan Lortkipanidze received a video file from a collaborator, Zurab Gurielidze,…
Zambian prodigy draws on theoretical physics to improve weather prediction
Prosper Chanda, 18, does not shy away from big problems. At the age of 3, he dived into algebra, and then as an adolescent he…
At world’s largest shark conference, scientists warn of a grim outlook across…
COLOMBO — More than 800 researchers and conservationists gathered in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, from May 4-8 for Sharks…
Scientists race to study the Amazon’s frogs before they disappear
MANAUS, Brazil — Crouched over the leaf litter, where dry leaves accumulate on the forest floor, a researcher tries to capture a…
The Southern Ocean is key to our planet's future & we have a chance to protect…
One of the most striking images in David Attenborough’s Ocean, his defining 2025 documentary, is of supertrawlers dragging vast…
Long dubbed a ‘climate refuge,’ warming Tasmanian forests need our help
TASMANIA, Australia — A shaded creek winds through fern forest along the Lilydale Falls Trail in northern Tasmania. As hikers…
Protest works, but is under attack and needs your help, veteran activists say
“We are experiencing what some people call sort of a shutdown of the public square in the United States and around the world,”…
Who are the women sustaining luxury fishing in Brazil’s Pantanal?
CORUMBÁ, Brazil — “Lord, go ahead of me and clear my paths, removing every beast, every wild animal, everything that does not…
New Jaguar Rivers Initiative aims to reconnect South America’s fragmented…
Forced to quarantine at a ranger station during the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of researchers in northern Argentina passed the…
Nigeria aims for stronger wildlife protections with sweeping new law
In recent years, spectacular seizures of illegally trafficked wildlife products, including consignments of ivory and pangolin…
Teen innovators in Kenya turn farm waste into award-winning vehicle exhaust…
NAIROBI — Two 17-year-old students from Kiambu county in Kenya were declared winners of the Africa region Earth Prize on May 12,…
What tree rings reveal about climate change in the Amazon
In 2024, the Amazon region felt the effects of one of the worst droughts in its recorded history — if not the worst. At the port…
The European wildcat hovers between recovery and local extinction
A quiet comeback story is unfolding for the European wildcat in the Czech Republic’s Lusatian Mountains. Conservationists…
Vodun's sacred role in saving West Africa’s mangroves
GRAN POPO, Benin — In Benin, mangroves are said to be protected by the Zangbéto. In the Vodun belief, this deity forbids wood…
From Africa to Central Asia, the European roller’s migration builds…
The European roller is a small, striking migratory bird that breeds in open woodlands — or farms and orchards — across Europe and…
Up to half the bird species using the African-Eurasian flyway are declining
Each year in May, World Migratory Bird Day draws attention to the billions of birds that migrate long distances with the changing…
The world’s great deltas are sinking — and with them, a global food system
“I would like for me and my children to live here forever,” said Lâm Thu Sang, a resident of Vietnam’s Cần Thơ, a city of more…
Offshore wind’s clean energy potential remains largely untapped, say experts
Winds sweep across the world’s oceans every day, and harnessing that largely unused resource has the potential to provide…
Heat, fires and agribusiness squeeze traditional Amazon açaí harvesters
The global craze for açaí is driving a plantation boom that leaves the forest’s original harvesters behind.
These tiny houses are designed to stand in extreme floods
JAMUNA RIVER, Bangladesh — Bulbul has just married and moved into a small village in northeast Bangladesh, a region battered year…
From the Atlantic Forest to the Amazon: Alexandre de Santi on camaraderie and…
When telling stories about nature, Alexandre de Santi’s interest stems from the climate. “Climate collapse is the greatest…
Canadian muskoxen hit by double punch of novel diseases and climate change
As winter comes to the Canadian Arctic, muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) abandon the valleys and head to higher ground, where winds…
Green and gray: Mangroves and dikes show potential in protecting shorelines…
With their dense mats of submerged roots, mangrove forests hold down shorelines worldwide like a coastal Swiss Army knife.…
‘Sharing is off the table’ as drought reshapes the culture of Ethiopia’s…
JIJIGA, Ethiopia — The land here used to speak. At dawn in Kebribeyah district, Somali Regional State, eastern Ethiopia, the…
Indonesia reviews firms in river basins after latest floods affect 7% of…
BANJAR, Indonesia – Indonesia’s government continues to review mines and plantations in the river basins of southern Borneo,…
Who controls Mexico’s Yaqui River?
Water has shaped the identity, livelihoods and governance of the Yaqui Indigenous people in northern Mexico for centuries. Today,…
Global warming already impacts daily lives around the globe, study finds
As a grueling March heat wave batters the U.S. West with dangerous temperatures, and the world girds itself for what could be…
Lab-made jaguar: Is cloning a solution to extinction?
Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil — What if the first-ever cloned jaguar were born within the next few years? Sounds like something out…
A nature-based solution to save the Mekong Delta’s water future (commentary)
The Mekong Delta of Vietnam ranks among the world’s three most climate-vulnerable regions. Known as Southeast Asia’s “rice…
PNG’s New Ireland coastal waters causing fish deaths, human sickness
For several months, the waters around New Ireland province in Papua New Guinea have been causing illness, skin irritation and the…
Shipping’s biofuel gamble could deepen Africa’s land squeeze and food…
Africa’s future prosperity depends on how fast we can reduce emissions, especially from large polluting sectors like shipping.…
Hat Yai’s floods are a warning for cities built against nature (analysis)
Every year, Chinese New Year festivals in southern Thailand’s Hat Yai attract tourists, mostly from neighboring Malaysia,…
Beyond the screen: DCEFF
Documentary films have the power to shape how we understand nature. They offer a deeper look into the planet’s challenges,…
