Shrinking Forests Drive Mosquitoes to Bite Humans
Mosquitoes appear to be acquiring a stronger taste for human blood, out of necessity. A new study…
From ‘psychedelic’ spiders to European eels: 10 species heading into 2026 on the brink of extinction
Conservationists warn the world can “no longer afford” to delay climate action to protect and restore our planet’s…
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…
How the hunt for a perfect picture has pushed the ‘magical’ galaxy frog towards extinction
Published on 20/12/2025 – 8:00 GMT+1 A group of endangered galaxy frogs, famed for their striking blue speckles…
Their Husbands Were Killed by Tigers. Now These Women Are Restoring the Big Cat’s Threatened Habitat
Mangrove planting in the Sundarbans – credit, I-Behind-the-Ink, supplied to CNN They are called “swami khejos,” translated to…
‘A planet in peril’: UN calls for global climate investment to unlock €17 trillion benefit by 2070
Published on 10/12/2025 – 15:33 GMT+1 An “interlinked, whole-of-society and whole-of-government” approach to reshape the economy and environment…
‘Hot droughts’ could push the Amazon into a hypertropical climate by 2100 – and trees won’t survive
The Amazon rainforest may be developing a climate unseen on Earth for tens of millions of years. In…
How decades of deforestation turned Asia’s floods into one of the deadliest weather events of 2025
Overlapping tropical storms and “intensified” monsoon systems have unleashed widespread devastation across Asia, with rescue teams still racing…
Did deforestation worsen Sumatra disaster? Indonesia to trace timber, summon companies to explain
JAKARTA: Indonesia will summon eight companies suspected of contributing to deadly flooding in North Sumatra’s Batang Toru watershed as…
The World Has a Decade to Save the Biggest Tropical Carbon Sink
The Congo Basin, a region of tropical forest larger than India, is at a point where further damage…
COP30: Could Brazil’s ambitious new ‘Tropical Forests Forever’ fund help curb deforestation?
Last year, the Brazilian government proposed a plan to pay countries to preserve their tropical forests. Over the…
EU to Propose Delay in Enforcement of Deforestation Law
The European Union will propose granting companies six months of leeway to comply with its landmark law to…