Endangered species, habitat loss, conservation efforts, and the biodiversity crisis.
Wetlands are crucial food baskets for NZ’s native eels – new research
New research confirms that New Zealand's wetlands function as essential feeding grounds for native eel populations, expanding scientific understanding…
Ships stuck in strait of Hormuz pose ‘super-spreader’ biodiversity threat, scientists warn
More than 1,500 commercial vessels have remained stranded in the Gulf since the Strait of Hormuz closed on February 28 following the outbreak of the U…
Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025
Most countries have failed to meet a 2025 deadline to identify subsidies that harm biodiversity, according to analysis by Carbon Brief. Eighty-four pe…
Fire can destroy peatlands. But in Australia, it can also help protect them
Peatlands across Australia contain millennia of accumulated organic matter, storing more carbon per hectare than forests. These wetlands support speci…
Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be six times bigger than a large shopping centre
A proposed mega-datacentre in outer Melbourne has triggered public opposition and national debate over Australia's rapid expansion of AI infrastructur…
Sex-loving hookworms and other peculiar parasites: one man’s mission to champion nature’s villains
Entomologist Dino Martins has built a career championing overlooked insects, and his latest work extends that mission to parasites. The award-winning …
Inside the secret Laos shops selling pangolin scales, bear bile and tiger bones to tourists
Wildlife traffickers in Laos operate covert shops disguised as souvenir stores, selling pangolin scales, bear bile, and tiger bones to Chinese tourist…
‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu
Joshua Beebe, owner of Tardif Poultry Farm in Connecticut, begins each day scrubbing truck tires and car wheels with brushes to prevent bird flu from …
This desert oasis is a biological wonderland. Trump’s border wall threatens to destroy it
Quitobaquito Springs in southwestern Arizona faces destruction from border wall construction, according to environmental groups and indigenous advocat…
Wildlife context
Endangered species, habitat loss, conservation efforts, and the biodiversity crisis.