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Concrete is a climate crisis culprit, responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions. Researchers are innovating, replacing ingredients with eco-friendly alternatives like coffee grounds, bacteria, and even recycled diapers.
Australian Outback's Imperial Lakes aren't known for turtles. Yet, La Trobe University students discovered over 500 freshwater turtles there in January—a staggering find in an arid region.
Critically endangered North Atlantic right whales just had their best calving season since 2009, welcoming 23 new calves! This baby boom is thanks to females giving birth more frequently.
Ted Turner, who died May 6th, built an empire from billboards to CNN. He then dedicated himself to conservation, warning, "The planet is collapsing all around us.
Torosiaje village appeared at sunset: colorful stilted houses over the Molucca Sea. Indigenous fishing thrives here, supported by vital mangroves.
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Sampson County, NC residents have watched their local landfill explode to nearly 1,300 acres, becoming the state's largest. Now, garbage from across NC arrives daily, sparking major concerns.
Forestry was sustainable when I was a kid," says ecologist Mark Graham. "Now 30-tonne machines bulldoze everything." He's battled the industry for years, and his warning is stark.
Forget population counts. Conservation now explores animal emotions and trauma. A geographer reveals how elephants perceive time, challenging traditional conservation success metrics.
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China's green hydrogen capacity just doubled to 250,000+ tonnes/year, with 900,000+ more under construction! The Northeast leads, leveraging cheap renewables for cost-effective electrolysis.
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A mother polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, emerged with one cub last spring. Months later, researchers spotted her again—with two cubs.
A ghost of the mountains returns! For the first time in 10 years, camera traps in Honduras' Sierra del Merendón captured images of an elusive male jaguar.
Whale sharks are a good omen for Indonesian fishers, signaling abundant anchovies. This unique relationship helps scientists tag over 70 sharks for a decade-long study.
Chinese e-commerce deliveries could cut emissions by 80% with new strategies. Shockingly, their climate impact is 9x worse than previously thought.
Chocolate: "food of the gods." Theobroma cacao, the tree it comes from, means exactly that in Greek. This small evergreen thrives in tropical forests, rich in biodiversity and carbon.
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Glass kills birds globally. In India, conservationists are just realizing the scale of this deadly problem. Birds see reflections, not transparency, leading to fatal collisions.
Ditch your gas furnace for cleaner, more efficient home heating. Scale up a kitchen appliance: use a giant toaster-like space heater or a heat pump that works like a reverse refrigerator.
Clean-tech leaders are transforming old hardware into tomorrow's power. Their ingenuity, vision, and grit are giving yesterday's tech a second life.
Meet the fishing cat: twice the size of a housecat, with webbed toes and a waterproof coat. These stealthy predators prowl Asian wetlands, hunting fish and rodents to balance the ecosystem.
Icy East Coast temperatures left nine sea turtles cold-stunned and stranded in Massachusetts last November. Rescued, they found temporary care at the New England Aquarium before flying south for rehab.
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From listening to forests to creating vast ocean reserves, today's news highlights the power of careful attention and deliberate action. Plus, a 7-year-old swam from Sri Lanka to India.
Jackie and Shadow’s newly named chicks Sandy and Luna are growing by leaps and bounds. While they pretty much look the same to the naked eye, there are some ways to tell them apart, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV). Formerly called Chick 1, Sandy has a larger head and neck. It also ha...
Listen up! Researchers are using sound to diagnose ecosystem health. A new ETH Zürich study, featured in Mongabay's Founder's Briefs, uses this acoustic method to evaluate Costa Rica's conservation payments.
Feeding the future is critical, but we often overlook the ocean—a vital food source for billions. This oversight is costly: 60% of marine ecosystems are degraded. Ghana just put ocean protection on the map.
Reform UK's Leicestershire council just defied party lines, backing wild beaver releases to combat flooding. This move contradicts Reform's anti-rewilding stance.
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A new bill, the "Save Willy Act," aims to protect whales in San Francisco Bay. Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-Ca.) introduced the bill, named after the 90s film, as whale deaths rise.
Single-use plastics last forever, but what if they didn't? "Living plastics" are here: products designed to self-destruct on command, thanks to plastic-degrading microbes.
Washington's Stillaguamish Tribe is transforming farmland into wetlands, removing levees to restore Chinook salmon.
A humpback whale calf, nicknamed Timmy, repeatedly stranded in German waters, sparking widespread concern and media frenzy. Now, Timmy is free in the North Sea.
Whale lovers worldwide rooted for Timmy, the humpback who captured hearts. Could he find his happy ending?
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A young humpback whale, a national sensation after beaching in Germany, has been released by rescuers. Experts say its survival chances are low.
12 million kiwi once roamed New Zealand. Now, only 70,000 remain, declining 2% annually. A century ago, they vanished from Wellington's hills, saved only by offshore sanctuaries.
An 8-year-old girl vacationing in Oak Island spotted a sea turtle snared on a fishing hook. Her quick thinking led to a rescue by the Oak Island Sea Turtle Protection Program.
Jackie and Shadow's eaglets finally have names! Meet Sandy and Luna, chosen from over 63,000 submissions. Sandy honors former FOBBV director Sandy Steers.
Cancer-linked herbicides sprayed on their volleyball courts sparked outrage for Mackenzie Feldman and Bridget Gustafson in 2017. They offered to hand-pull weeds if UC Berkeley stopped spraying.
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From an Atlantic island, Mongabay's Spoorthy Raman connects with top global scientists and conservationists. Her St. John's, Newfoundland home is a hub for worldwide nature perspectives.
Forget TikTok! Birdwatching is Gen Z's second fastest-growing hobby after jewelry making. A multiyear study of 24,000+ people reveals nearly 750,000 young Brits now regularly watch birds.
The world's largest shark and ray conference, Sharks International 2026, hits Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 4-8. This premier global scientific event convenes experts every four years.
Indonesian police busted a major wildlife trafficking ring targeting endangered Komodo dragons. 11 arrested for illegally selling the world's largest lizards to Thailand.
Deep in Guatemala's Maya Forest, rangers found cleared paths and hunted bird feathers. They led to a 2-hectare clearing, likely for squatters planning to expand. The culprits were gone.