Focus on Biodiversity
Climate change expected to drive shifts in urban birds, animals, bugs: study
A new study suggests climate change will drive a massive shift in the birds, bugs and other critters that live alongside humans across...
Australia battles to save last 11 wild ‘earless dragons’ from extinction
Australia’s grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an enormous...
Rare flowers, butterflies, wild asparagus in English coastline reserve to benefit from conservation project
Rare coastal lichens, wildflowers and butterflies are being given a helping hand through the conservation and creation of “micro-habitats” across a landscape in...
UK ‘risks sending mixed signals’ with approach to global deforestation rules
The UK Government risks sending “mixed signals” with its current approach to developing new rules aimed at preventing global forest loss, its MPs...
Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples turn to EU to save their savanna from deforestation
An EU law banning deforestation-derived products comes into effect at the end of 2024, but Brazilian Indigenous people note the Cerrado, Brazil's vast...
In a surprise vote, major European climate protection plan shelved following farmer protests
BRUSSELS (AP) — A major European Union plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc has been indefinitely...
‘Winners and losers’: The world of coffee is being reordered by EU laws to stop cutting of forests
BUON MA THUOT, Vietnam (AP) — Le Van Tam is no stranger to how the vagaries of global trade can determine the fortunes...
Nevada’s first big-game moose hunt will be tiny as unusual southern expansion defies climate change
RENO, Nev. (AP) — In what will be a tiny big-game hunt for some of the largest animals in North America, Nevada is...
In Uganda, bamboo has government’s backing as a crop with real growth potential
ALONG RIVER RWIZI, Uganda (AP) — Along a stretch of bush by a muddy river, laborers dug and slashed in search of bamboo...
Borrow a bee colony? Canadian library loans out pollinators
VANCOUVER — Patrons at the West Vancouver Memorial Library are abuzz over a loan program of mason bees that come with their own...
