Forest corridors protect Colombia’s critically endangered brown spider monkey

In Colombia’s Middle Magdalena region, a patchwork of forest corridors is linking up isolated populations of the critically endangered brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus).

Cambodia: Mother Nature Activists in Prison One Year

Five Cambodian environmental activists who have completed one year of their six to eight-year prison terms on baseless charges should be immediately and unconditionally released.

Violence for Palm Oil Against Peasant Communities in Honduras Meets Resistance

In the Aguán Valley of northern Honduras, peasant communities reclaiming ancestral lands face increasing violence and intimidation from armed groups linked to organised crime. The Dinant Corporatio…

Trump moves to open protected Arctic lands in Alaska to oil drilling

The Trump administration has proposed reopening vast sections of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve to oil development, including long-protected areas around Teshekpuk Lake.Yereth Rosen reports for Alaska Beacon.

‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future

Carlos Nobre, who has fought for decades to save the rainforest, says up to 70% of it could be lost if a tipping point is reached

Increasing Support for the McDonald's Boycott - Info Petite Nation

Introduction In recent months, the fast-food giant McDonald’s has faced mounting pressure from various activist groups and concerned

Curious chimps and nosy kids: new study shows it’s only natural to love drama

In a new study comparing social curiosity in children and chimpanzees, researchers found that both species are drawn to social interactions.

Trump says he's considering 'taking away' comedian Rosie O'Donnell's U.S. citizenship

“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday.

Attorney General Bondi fired at least 20 officials with ties to Jack Smith investigation: Sources

The Justice Department's "weaponization working group" identified the staffers.

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Bird Song Secrets Revealed: How Habitat Shapes Their Melodies

In the vast soundscape of #nature, #birds have evolved intricate ways to make themselves heard. A groundbreaking global study by University of Madison-Wisconsin has found surprising connections bet…

Climate change: Future of today's young people

Climate scientists reveal that millions of today's young people will live through unprecedented lifetime exposure to heatwaves, crop failures, river floods, droughts, wildfires and tropical storms under current climate policies.

NGOs at the service of plundering territories: the Earthworm Foundation case | World Rainforest Movement

Under the guise of ‘conflict mediation’ and community empowerment, the work of certain corporate NGOs results in communities continuing without access to and control over their lands, and in strengthening destructive production models.

Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior

In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety.

What Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Tells Us About the Costs of the “Big Beautiful Bill”

Not all orangutan mothers raise their infants the same way

Sumatran orangutan mothers differ from one another in how they behave with and take care of their infants and how flexibly they adjust their mothering behaviors as their infants grow.

Indigenous Papuans accuse Indonesian government of ‘land grabbing’ for food security project | Asia Pacific Report

World's rivers remapped to improve flood modeling

A team has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world.

What to know about COVID variant NB.1.8.1 causing 'razor blade throat'

NB 1.8.1 is allegedly causing more painful sore throats in some patients.

First fossil evidence of endangered tropical tree discovered

Scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The unprecedented find was made in Brunei, a country on the large island of Borneo, and reveals a critical piece of the ancient history of Asia's rainforests, …

Amazon could survive long-term drought but at a high cost

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer world would exact a heavy toll, a study suggests.

Palm Oil Continues to Plague Borneo’s Orangutans, Elephants, and Other Icons • The Revelator

Despite 35 years of awareness campaigns, palm oil plantations still devastate the landscape of this biodiversity hotspot and the animals who depend on native forests.

How to break through climate apathy

A new study finds that presenting the same continuous climate data, such as incremental changes in temperature, in binary form -- such as whether a lake did or did not freeze in the winter -- significantly increases people's ability to see the impact…

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Five new species of Southeast Asian soft-furred hedgehogs found

A recent study has identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs (also known as Lesser Gymnures) from #SoutheastAsia. The study used DNA analysis and physical characteristics to describe two…

The latest issues in Peru’s Amazon: Interview with Indigenous leader Julio Cusurichi

This is the first of three interviews with Indigenous representatives at the United Nations about the latest issues in their country’s Amazon forests. Read the interview about the Colombian Amazon here and Brazilian Amazon here.

The maker of Oreos is not taking its human rights responsibilities seriously - The Understory - Rainforest Action Network

Rising authoritarianism is eroding basic democratic principles and human rights around the world, and corporations aren't doing enough about it.

How RMIT’s food technology and nutrition science is feeding the future

From weight-loss flowers to seaweed packaging, explore the groundbreaking food technology innovation emerging from Australia’s RMIT.

The global deforestation footprint of agriculture and forestry - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Deforestation footprints identify trade- and consumption-linked hot spots of forest loss. This Review synthesizes existing footprint assessments, finding that Brazil, Indonesia and China are major drivers of commodity-linked deforestation, but that e…