How fire-loving fungi evolved to digest charcoal
When a wildfire tears through a landscape, most life retreats or disappears. Plants burn. Animals flee. The soil…
Woodland Creatures Waken from Branches and Twigs in Rodolfo Liprandi’s Sculptures — Colossal
For Rodolfo Liprandi, nature and landscapes are sources of infinite wonder. Since childhood, growing up in northeastern Italy…
Europe’s forests: Where are they growing fastest?
By Alessio Dell’Anna & Baptiste Goudier Published on 26/01/2026 – 12:02 GMT+1 The EU’s woodland is marginally growing, with a reported…
Shrinking Forests Drive Mosquitoes to Bite Humans
Mosquitoes appear to be acquiring a stronger taste for human blood, out of necessity. A new study…
India hunts rampaging elephant that killed 20 people and injured 15
Officials said search teams, aided by drones, are combing dense forest tracts, including a national reserve in neighbouring…
Brazil’s soy industry withdraws from Amazon deforestation pact, risking forest loss
SAO PAULO (AP) — For nearly 20 years, Brazil’s largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest —…
Sinking trees in Arctic Ocean could remove 1 billion tonnes of CO2
Trees floating towards the Arctic Ocean Carl Christoph Stadie/The Alfred Wegener Institute Cutting down swathes of boreal forest…
Opinion | How You Can Help Save Boreal Forests in 2026
North America’s boreal forests are crucial for wildlife and the climate, but we’re literally trashing them to make…
‘We’re walking to Bluff’: Meet the incredible Williams family of six – including a 6yo – who walked the entire length of New Zealand
“You couldn’t stand up, it was so incredibly painful,” says mum Courtney Williams. “Anywhere it was touching your…
Top new species from 2025
Scientists described several new species this past year, including a tiny marsupial, a Himalayan bat, an ancient…
On The Up: Napier man’s mission to replant Timor-Leste coffee forests
As part of this mission, Raw Material launched the “11 Million Trees” programme, a 25-year effort to help…
Ambitious Rewilding Project for Koala and Platypus Undertaken by Sydney’s Taronga Zoo
Supplied – Taronga Conservation Society An Australian zoo credited with saving 7 native species from extinction aims to…