🇧🇷 Brazil
Gold Mining in the Amazon Wipes Out Dung Beetle Populations
Gold mining in the Amazon does more than scar the landscape. It also wipes out the insects that keep the fores
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🇹🇼 Taiwan
Tiny Sesame Sea Slug Found in Taiwan, First New Genus Species in 30 Years
A sea slug no bigger than a sesame seed has turned up in the waters off Taiwan, and it is the first new specie
🇮🇹 Italy
Two New ESA Scout Satellites Will Spy on Forests and Sky Waves
The European Space Agency has given the green light to two new small satellites that will peer through forest
🇮🇩 Indonesia
A New Wasp Species Named for Attenborough on His 100th Birthday
A newly identified wasp from Indonesia now carries the name of a broadcasting legend. Scientists described the
🇧🇷 Brazil
Amazon frogs vanishing before scientists can name them
The Amazon is losing frog species faster than scientists can find them. In Brazil, researchers estimate that d
🇿🇦 South Africa
Africa's frogs and toads are being left out of conservation plans
Africa is home to some of the world's most unique amphibians, yet conservation planners are largely ignoring t
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Scientists are pulling animal DNA straight out of thin air
A zoo in the United Kingdom has become an unlikely laboratory for a technique that sounds like science fiction
🌍 Ecuador
Climate change could erase most of South America's cloud forests
Up to 80 percent of South America's cloud forests could vanish by the end of this century. That is the stark f
🇿🇦 South Africa
Extinct flower rediscovered and thriving in South African park
A flower that scientists believed had vanished from the Earth is now growing in abundance inside a South Afric
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Bottom Trawling Catches 3,000 Fish Species, Study Reveals
A single, widespread fishing method hauls in nearly a quarter of all known marine fish species on Earth. Resea
🇿🇦 South Africa
South Africa's Great African Seaforest Is Actually Growing
While kelp forests vanish from coastlines worldwide, a massive underwater ecosystem off South Africa is quietl
🇰🇭 Cambodia
A Translucent Microsnail Emerges from Cambodia's Limestone
A creature so small and transparent it could vanish on a fingertip has been formally identified as a new speci
🇧🇷 Brazil
Brazil's Flor-de-Carajás, a Unique Red Flower, Vanishes as Mining Grows
A brilliant red flower that grows nowhere else on Earth is being erased from its only home in Brazil's Amazon.
🌍 Global
The Global Migration of Giant Freshwater Animals
Nearly half of the world's largest freshwater animals now live far from their original homes, a global redistr
🇬🇭 Ghana
Ghana's First Marine Sanctuary Emerges at Cape Three Points
Ghana has officially designated its first-ever marine protected area, a landmark decision for a nation whose c
🇳🇴 Norway
The Air in Norway Is a Genetic Library of Life
The air we breathe is a swirling archive of genetic material, a fact scientists in Norway are now using to rea
🇯🇵 Japan
A New Warbler Emerges from Japan's Tokara Islands
A new bird species has been confirmed in Japan, the first such discovery in 45 years. The Tokara leaf warbler,
