New protected area a win for Amazonian wildlife, people

Editor’s note: Just days after announcing this protected area, Peru announced the establishment of another…

To save a dying forest, this town dug in

Off Mexico's Yucatán coast, a road connects a small fishing community's slender islet to the…

Indonesia halts mining in treasured islands

A jewel of the “Coral Triangle” just got a reprieve.The government of Indonesia announced this…

An uprooted people, a legacy of conservation

Their forebears were strangers in a strange land.Yet over hundreds of years, in the shadows…

Can AI help protect nature?

In her own words, Ali Swanson is a “tech skeptic.”This may seem odd, given Swanson’s…

5 things you didn’t know about sea-level rise

It’s indisputable: Around the world, seas are rising at a faster rate than at any…

A climate ally needs support — but at what cost?

For many years, mangroves were an underappreciated climate ally.Not anymore.For countries looking to meet their…

Where Andes meet Amazon, a new ‘lifeline’ for wildlife

As global temperatures rise, wildlife around the world are on the move, and one of…

Is there a better way to farm shrimp? A new project says yes

The shrimp on your plate has a story.Over the past three decades, the world’s appetite…

Off Mexico’s coast, divers nab biggest ‘ghost’ yet

When Edgardo Ochoa woke up in the early hours of August 20, he had a…