Animal welfare groups say 3 South African zoo elephants are depressed and sue to move them Posted June 18, 2026 The mental well-being of three elephants in a zoo in South Africa is the subject of an unusual court case, with animal welfare groups saying they are depressed and should be moved…
Parasite threatens to halve Canberra’s bee population Posted June 7, 2026 Over a thousand beehives in Australia's capital, Canberra, have been wiped out by the Varroa mite, according to local biosecurity officers. The parasite has now s…
Solar growth in China and India powers clean energy surge by 2025 Posted May 26, 2026 Record growth in solar, especially in China and India, was a driving factor for clean energy sources surpassing the world’s strong demand for electricity in 2025,…
Sweden’s secondhand clothing swaps offer a trendy way to cut environmental waste Posted May 21, 2026 Alva Palosaari Sundman scoured the racks of secondhand clothes in Stockholm for hours in search of the right pair of pre-owned jeans. The 24-year-old art student …
Rwanda tries to protect farmland in Africa’s most densely populated nation Posted May 11, 2026 The rhythmic sounds of construction muffle the thud of farmers' hoes on a chilly morning in Rwanda's capital, where new efforts aim to protect remaining agricultural land from
Meteorite hunters scour Ohio for fragments of 7-ton space rock that crashed into Earth Posted April 26, 2026 Meteorite hunters fanned out across a wide swath of Ohio in March, hoping to collect fragments of an estimated 7-ton (6,350 kilograms) space rock…
This new bird ER offers hope for injured wildlife Posted April 19, 2026 When a male bullfinch smashed into Marcin Jarzębski’s apartment window, he took it in but realized it needed expert treatment. So, the next morning, he brought it to Warsaw’s new …
In Louisiana, alligator farms mix conservation and capitalism Posted April 11, 2026 Alligators were once in peril of being hunted to extinction, and formally listed on the Endangered Species List decades ago. Their numbers weren't too depleted to rebound
The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds Posted April 8, 2026 Climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how h…
Shrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming Posted April 1, 2026 Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago, and their population is shrinking faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive …