When The Ivory Trade Was Banned, They Came for Giant Clam Shells
Story at a glance… Giant clams have been decimated as poachers harvest their shells for illegal trafficking. The shells…
Category: Environment & Impact
Natural Regeneration is Much More Biodiverse and Cheaper Than Mass Tree Planting
Story at a glance… Reforestation is key to fighting the effects of climate change, yet not all strategies of…
Wild Tigers Continue to Recover in South Asia Through No Holds Barred Approach
PICTURED: A Bengal tiger in the wild. PC: Rohit Varma. CC 4.0. Story at a glance… The tiger home…
The Hidden Lives of Trees Shows a World of Cooperation, Awareness, and Intelligence in Plants
PICTURED: Beech trees, like this one in the Carpathian Mountains, were what covered most of the forests in primeval…
Svalbard Coal Mines Dismantled and the Area is Turned Back into Wilderness With an Enormous National Park
Norway, having ceased mining operations of coal in the Arctic in 2017, is dismantling their last mine piece by…
World Achieves 17% of Land Conserved but Must Improve Quality—IUCN
Story at a glance… 17% of land and fresh water has been protected in some way by the world…
Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Is Underfunded, Under-Researched, and Lacks Strong Evidence
August 10th, 2019. PICTURED: Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden speaking with attendees at the Presidential…
America the Beautiful Act Revealed: The Biden-Harris Quest for Environmental Everything
After President Biden signed an Executive Order earlier this year detailing that federal agencies should work to ensure 30%…
Could this Third Heat-Tolerant Coffee Secure the Industry from a Changing Climate?
PICTURED: The leaves and berries of the c. stenophylla, noted for having black berries than the iconic red ones…
Bee-lieve it or Not, Beekeepers Are the Last Defense Between Illegal Deforestation and Amur Tigers
PICTURED: Beekeepers and hunters of Primorye have united to preserve the honey-bearing forests. Photo credit: Evgeny Lepeshkin WWF Russia.…
Meet Your New Interior Secretary: The First Native American Cabinet Secretary
PICTURED: Congresswoman Debra Haaland, or “Crushed Turquoise” of the Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico’s 1st District, captured in the historic…
Santa Fe and Santiago in The Galapagos Get Their Reptiles Back in Big Conservation Wins
PICTURED: Juvenile tortoises released on Santa Fe Island. Photo credit: GTRI. SANTA Fe, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. February 26th, 2021.…
3 Days After Yellowstone: The Real Oldest National Park Turns 100 Today
PICTURED: Pool of hot spring water in Hot Springs National Park. Photo credit: Brandon Rush. CC 3.0. Hot Springs…
Test Drilling for the World’s Last Great Undiscovered Oil Reserve Commences in the Okavango Basin
160 miles upstream from the Okavango Delta, a drilling rig plunges through the sand looking for oil or natural…
Arctic Ocean Filled with Microplastic Pollution from Artificial Textiles
The dominant form of microplastic pollution in the Arctic ocean is bits of artificial textile fibers, a new study…
Global Coffee’s Sustainability Efforts Have Failed — New Report
The most recent Coffee Barometer, a report conducted by various fair trade and human rights organizations like Oxfam and…
Unlike Humans Lions and Snow Leopards Had a Good Year
PICTURED: A rare camera trapped moment of a snow leopard after a successful hunt. Photo credit: Snow Leopard Trust.…
They May Not Reach 6,000 But Thirteen Tiger Range Countries are Increasing Tiger Populations
13 months remain before the deadline arrives of the unparalleled attempt to try and double the numbers of one…
5 State Ballot Wins for Nature this Election Cycle
When Americans lined up to vote in November for their next president of the United States, 5 states also…
Global Warming Has Achieved Self-Sustaining Permafrost Melt
A new scientific model of climate change is demonstrating that zeroing human emissions is only the start of what…