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KANCHANABURI, Thailand — Following the path of the tiger isn’t easy. Yet the three rangers, clad in camouflage, move lithely through the steep bamboo thicket, tracking the muddy hoofprints of a sambar deer. Out of the snagging vines, they emerge on a forested ridgeline overlooking a landscape that s...
Across many parts of Africa’s Atlantic coastline, the sea is advancing several metres inland each year, destroying homes, infrastructure, farmland and heritage sites. Many coastal communities have already been erased from the map. Several factors combine to explain the threatening loss of land along...
Toxic metals are seeping into northern waterways at a faster pace as climate change alters soils and drainage patterns. In Finland, researchers now say an unlikely ally may help slow that flow. A common moss, backed by microscopic partners living inside it, has shown a rare ability to pull metals fr...
Harvard students Sam Lyczkowski (from left), Xiaotian (Alice) Wang, and Lexi Williams interview a research participant during a trip to Cameroon.Photos courtesy of Kathryn Franich Arts & Culture At a loss for words Displacement and forced migration trigger alarm about language attrition in Cameroon ...
A recent study provides the first detailed map of Cambodia’s coastal seafloor habitats and finds that simple, low-cost anti-trawling structures are helping seagrass meadows recover and support small-scale fishers in the Kep Marine Fisheries Management Area in the Gulf of Thailand. The study was publ...
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Indonesia’s environmental challenges can feel overwhelming when taken as a whole. A country said to contain more than 17,000 islands, it holds the world’s third-largest tropical rainforest and a resource economy that has reshaped much of that landscape. For many Indonesians, modern development is ex...
I went from selling flats in Paris to being alone in a cabin in Guinea looking after primates. It changed my life, but one relationship marked me like no other In 2022, I had a job at an estate agents in Paris selling ridiculously expensive flats, and decided I needed to do something more meaningful...
The previous informal record had been set during an event in Vancouver last year, which brought together 1,685 goldens...
In the mobile game “Hay Day,” players can build farms and barns, fish, and raise crops — similar to cozy games like “Stardew Valley” and “Animal Crossing.” And from December 15 through December 24, users can also find and pet (or rather, tap) virtual huskies and Alaskan Malamutes to support real-wor...
MONROVIA — In Liberia, a country where small-scale fishers number in the tens of thousands, fishers go missing at sea every year. Some, like a crew of four rescued 54 nautical miles (100 kilometers) off the coast in 2020, are fortunate. The Liberia Artisanal Fishermen Association (LAFA), an advocacy...
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Male bonobos have an impressive ability to detect when females are most fertile, even though the usual visual cues are unreliable. Researchers tracking wild bonobos in the Congo discovered that males skillfully interpret a mix of swelling timing and a female’s reproductive history to pinpoint the op...
Indonesia’s government has been at pains to stress that the recent catastrophe in Sumatra was triggered by a rare meteorological event. Cyclone Senyar formed in the Malacca Strait, an area where the national weather agency notes such storms are “an extremely rare phenomenon,” before unloading torren...
Researchers have mapped the molecular changes that unfold as sunlight causes plastics to leach dissolved organic matter, findings that could reshape understanding of ecosystem health, water quality, and global carbon cycling. Scientists have found that microplastics drifting through rivers, lakes...
Orcas and dolphins provide constant fascination with their ever-evolving behaviors (see: salmon hats). But the two becoming hunting collaborators? That’s on a new level. For the first time ever, both species were filmed working as a team to hunt salmon off the coast of British Columbia, according to...
A mini pumpkin toadlet sounds like a confection from the magical world of “Harry Potter,” but it’s actually a miniaturized frog with a bright orange hue that’s roughly the size of a Skittle. In total, the pumpkin toadlet — formally known as the Brachycephalus — includes 42 recognized species in its ...
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Fossils from Qatar have revealed a small, newly identified sea cow species that lived in the Arabian Gulf more than 20 million years ago. The site contains the densest known collection of fossil sea cow bones, showing that these animals once thrived in rich seagrass meadows. Their ecological role mi...
Announcement draws anger from Labour MP over refusal to remove tonnes of rubbish dumped near school in Wigan The Environment Agency is to spend millions of pounds to clear an enormous illegal rubbish dump in Oxfordshire, saying the waste is at risk of catching fire. But the decision announced on Thu...
Imagine floating towers teeming with lush greenery that look out over clean waterways overflowing with wildlife. As you glance down, you realize pedestrians outnumber cars — which fly on renewable energy — and people mill about in community gardens and meeting spaces as plants and solar panels alike...
In the Stone Age, Neolithic folks used willow branches and mud to build roundhouses for their families. Jump forward several thousand years and European farmers were fashioning panels of stitched willow, called hurdles, to fence their farms or screen their gardens. Meanwhile, Native Americans constr...
View image in fullscreenA homeowner in Altadena, California, US got a surprise when he found a large bear had made itself comfortable in the crawlspace of his home. Ken Johnson said he installed a camera after he noticed some things out of place. The bear has been living there for two weeks: “We cal...
