Focus on Biodiversity
Brazil’s Lula defends oil exploration near Amazon River
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that a controversial offshore oil exploration plan near the mouth of the Amazon River...
Fires ravage Brazil wetlands, incinerating snakes and monkeys
The El Nino weather pattern, supercharged by climate change, has dried the area's rivers and disrupted its usual seasonal flooding, leaving the ecosystem...
Climate records keep shattering. How worried should we be?
Making sense of the run of climate extremes may be challenging for some. Here's a look at what scientists are saying.
More than 10,000 hectares of Scottish peatland restored in a year
A record 10,360 hectares of peatlands in Scotland has been restored in the past year.
UN biodiversity summit chief: Make peace with nature or risk more war
The head of the UN's next biodiversity says multilateral institutions are not equipped to deal with unprecedented challenges like climate change and must...
Southern African countries fear losing more elephants to drought
Southern African countries home to the largest elephant population in the world fear a rise in animal deaths in the coming months as...
Heat-related howler monkeys deaths now reported in several Mexican states
Mexico's Environment Department says tests indicated the primates died of heat stroke, but that the country’s current drought and the "lack of water...
Deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado higher than in Amazon: report
More than 1.11 million hectares of forest were destroyed in Brazil's Cerrado region in 2023.
Rights court takes climate crisis hearing to Brazilian Amazon
Academics, activists and Indigenous people gathered Monday in the Brazilian Amazon to weigh in on a key legal question: What responsibility do states...
The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, with a few recovering
The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, the government said, with a tragically small number of the...
