- Conservationist Farina Othman, a 2025 Whitley Award winner, has been working with endangered Bornean elephants in Sabah, Malaysia, since 2006.
- Since the 1970s, logging, oil palm plantations and roads have reduced…
Category: 9. Environment
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Uniting plantations to save Bornean elephants: Interview with Farina Othman
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Shiloh Schulte, conservationist who helped the American Oystercatcher recover, died in a helicopter crash on June 4th, aged 46
There are those whose lives accumulate significance slowly, the way sediment builds into shoreline. And then there are those whose devotion etches meaning into every year. Shiloh…
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Penguin poop helps form clouds over Antarctica, potentially cooling it
In Antarctica, penguin poop, or guano, can cover the ground for miles, especially around penguin colonies with thousands of individuals. In fact, large, brown guano stains on…
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Interview with Colombia’s Enilda Jiménez
- For 22 years, Enilda Jiménez and her siblings were forced off their land in Colombia after their father was assassinated by armed men in a region that has seen a devastating string of killings, kidnappings and…
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How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ positions US energy to be more costly for consumers and the climate
When it comes to energy policy, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” – the official name of a massive federal tax-cut and spending bill that House Republicans passed in May 2025 – risks raising Americans’ energy costs and greenhouse…
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Ancient fossils show how the last mass extinction forever scrambled the ocean’s biodiversity
About 66 million years ago – perhaps on a downright unlucky day in May – an asteroid smashed into our planet.
The fallout was immediate and severe. Evidence shows that about 70% of species went extinct in a geological instant, and not…
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As tree planting gathers pace in Bangkok, urban green spaces still under threat
- Bangkok lags behind global urban green space standards, sparking large-scale tree-planting initiatives across the city.
- Recent research warns that despite these efforts, the city continues to rapidly lose tree cover…
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High-profile wildlife trafficking case tests Malawi’s conservation commitment
- In 2021, Malawian authorities arrested and sentenced Chinese national Lin Yunhua, a key figure in an international wildlife trafficking syndicate, to 14 years in prison for possession of pangolin scales, rhino…
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Indonesia halts most nickel mining in Raja Ampat, but allows one controversial permit
- Indonesia has revoked four out of five nickel mining permits in Raja Ampat after public pressure and findings of environmental damage in the ecologically sensitive archipelago, home to some of the world’s richest…
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Rare earth rush in Myanmar blamed for toxic river spillover into Thailand
- Water tests from the Kok and Sai rivers near Thailand’s border with Myanmar have revealed elevated arsenic levels, leading Thai officials to warn citizens to avoid contact with river water.
- The pollution is widely…
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