Tiger populations have risen in some countries, such as Bhutan, Nepal and India, but the global population of the big cat species remains critically endangered.
Toucans Reintroduced 50 Years Ago Disperse Seeds of Endangered Trees in Brazil
Researchers tracked ariel toucans (Ramphastos ariel) through the Tijuca forest for a full year, logging every plant species it consumed compared with a list of 101 native plant species the bird had historically interacted with.
Researchers tracked ariel toucans (Ramphastos ariel) through the Tijuca forest for a full year, logging every plant species it consumed compared with a list of 101 native plant species the bird had historically interacted with.
At Dusk in Kenya’s Caves, Scientists Study the Hidden Lives of Bats
Research shows that many bat species are highly sensitive to disturbances, sometimes abandoning their roosts, with damaging consequences.
Research shows that many bat species are highly sensitive to disturbances, sometimes abandoning their roosts, with damaging consequences.
Conservationists Are Burning Out — and Some Are Breaking
Part of the strain reflects the condition of the natural world. Wildlife populations have fallen sharply in recent decades, ecosystems are being degraded, and climate risks continue to mount.
Part of the strain reflects the condition of the natural world. Wildlife populations have fallen sharply in recent decades, ecosystems are being degraded, and climate risks continue to mount.
Brazil Is Both the World’s Environmental Treasure and Its Most Exposed Victim (Commentary)
Brazil is one of the countries most exposed to climate breakdown and the one with the most power to slow it. Its failure to act on either front is becoming an economic and political emergency.
Brazil is one of the countries most exposed to climate breakdown and the one with the most power to slow it. Its failure to act on either front is becoming an economic and political emergency.
How a Community Defended Its Ancestral Forest From Logging
Their biocultural map revealed a long history of occupation that colonial records and modern conservation maps had largely overlooked.
Their biocultural map revealed a long history of occupation that colonial records and modern conservation maps had largely overlooked.
Study Finds Livestock Pushing Lions Away From Shared Rangeland in Kenya
Researchers suggest lions are responding not just to immediate encounters with herders but to past grazing pressure and perceived long-term risk.
Researchers suggest lions are responding not just to immediate encounters with herders but to past grazing pressure and perceived long-term risk.
Why Saving Seagrass Meadows Could Help Save the World’s Coastlines
Experts point out that seagrass brings multiple other benefits, such as improving water quality that helps the marine environment, including coral reefs.
Experts point out that seagrass brings multiple other benefits, such as improving water quality that helps the marine environment, including coral reefs.
If Florida Reefs Aren’t Protected, Storms Will Increase Flooding & Costs: Study
The study finds that future coral reef degradation will increase the annual risk of flooding to people by 42% and to buildings by 47%.
The study finds that future coral reef degradation will increase the annual risk of flooding to people by 42% and to buildings by 47%.
Indonesia’s Orangutan Trafficking Cases Reveal Need for a Change in Approach (Commentary)
Seizures of trafficked orangutans have been in the news often lately, and the nation needs to make trafficking of animals such as these unprofitable, unviable and socially unacceptable.
Seizures of trafficked orangutans have been in the news often lately, and the nation needs to make trafficking of animals such as these unprofitable, unviable and socially unacceptable.
Plastic, from Home and Abroad, Spills Into Türkiye’s Waters
The resulting pollution is taking a toll on riverine and marine ecosystems, including important sea turtle nesting sites.
The resulting pollution is taking a toll on riverine and marine ecosystems, including important sea turtle nesting sites.
Thai Data Center Boom Sparks Fears of Water Shortage, Air Pollution
Residents and farmers in Chonburi and Rayong provinces say they fear the facilities will intensify water shortages and pollution in a region already struggling with industrial impacts.
Residents and farmers in Chonburi and Rayong provinces say they fear the facilities will intensify water shortages and pollution in a region already struggling with industrial impacts.
How Elephants Experience Time and What This Tells Us About Protecting Them
“How we envision an animal’s relationship to time influences whether we see them as feeling, remembering beings. My aim is to encourage a more dynamic view of their place in the world when we recognize them as equally temporal beings.”
“How we envision an animal’s relationship to time influences whether we see them as feeling, remembering beings. My aim is to encourage a more dynamic view of their place in the world when we recognize them as equally temporal beings.”
Promising Breakthrough Creates Plastics That Self Deconstruct on Cue: Study
Inspired by the natural, timely breakdown of organic materials like proteins and DNA, chemists at Rutgers University in the U.S. have now modified existing plastics so that they can be programmed to break down into their molecular components at the end of a specific period of time, or in response to a trigger, such as sunlight.
Inspired by the natural, timely breakdown of organic materials like proteins and DNA, chemists at Rutgers University in the U.S. have now modified existing plastics so that they can be programmed to break down into their molecular components at the end of a specific period of time, or in response to a trigger, such as sunlight.
Can Singapore Rewild Its Lost Reptiles?
Snakes and lizards show a two-stage pattern of decline tied first to plantation-era deforestation and later to rapid urbanization, with forest specialists hardest hit while adaptable species persist in degraded habitats.
Snakes and lizards show a two-stage pattern of decline tied first to plantation-era deforestation and later to rapid urbanization, with forest specialists hardest hit while adaptable species persist in degraded habitats.
Study Maps Tree-Planting Risks and Rewards for Climate and Biodiversity
Forestation can be a benefit for biodiversity, but poorly planned projects can do more harm than good.
Forestation can be a benefit for biodiversity, but poorly planned projects can do more harm than good.