‘Success story’ hailed as bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire for first time since 1960s
Wildlife | The Guardianby Raphael Boyd·6d ago
Researchers have lauded two giant bluefin tunas being caught off the coast of Yorkshire for the first time in more than six decades as a “success story” for marine conservation.
How we found a new transmissible cancer in bullhead catfish
The Conversation Canadaby Julie Dragon, Associate Professor, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont·6d ago
For more than a decade, anglers on Lake Memphremagog — which straddles the Québec-Vermont border — have been catching brown bullhead catfish marked with distinctive black lesions.
Twenty years after Probo Koala, Africa still grapples with ‘waste colonialism’
RFI Englishby RFI·6d ago
Twenty years after Probo Koala, Africa still grapples with ‘waste colonialism’ Twenty years after toxic waste from the cargo ship Probo Koala was dumped across Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, the...
Ancient buffalo DNA lays out a roadmap to rehabilitating healthy herds
Anthropocene Magazineby Warren Cornwall·6d ago
The North American plains bison stands as a symbol of both rampant devastation wrought by colonizing powers and of the potential to bring a species back from the brink of extinction.
India’s only singing, swinging ape
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon·6d ago
In the forests of northeast India, a series of whoops and hoots rises through the canopy in a melodious crescendo every morning — the unmistakable song of the western hoolock gibbon.
Egypt’s deserts show why ecological knowledge matters in conservation (commentary)
Mongabay Globalby Erik Hoffner·6d ago
- Egypt is famous for ancient ruins but its protected areas and biosphere reserves contain another kind of heritage: Fossil valleys, desert plants, coral-linked coastal systems, migration routes...
Reform says we need to choose between climate and economy. It's wrong | Larry Elliott
Environment | The Guardianby Larry Elliott·6d ago
So now we know: the smart response to the UK’s summer of record temperatures is to do precisely nothing.
A hidden population of greater hog badgers spotted on camera traps
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar·6d ago
- A new assessment in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve reports at least 55 greater hog badgers in the area.
New Zealand opens marine reserves with groundbreaking Māori co-management model
Mongabay Globalby Latoya Abulu·6d ago
- Five new marine protected areas (MPAs) came into effect in Aotearoa New Zealand in July after more than a decade of grassroots and governmental work — and a sixth is expected to open in the near...
Philippine Supreme Court rules monitoring commercial fishing vessels is unconstitutional
Mongabay Globalby Autumn Spanne·6d ago
- The Philippine Supreme Court struck down a regulation requiring commercial fishing vessels to continuously transmit their locations and submit electronic catch reports.
Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’
Environment | The Guardianby Gabrielle Canon·6d ago
The US has faced a critical shortage of firefighters at the US Forest Service (USFS) this summer as thousands of fires erupted across the country.
I sailed to Greenland for a total solar eclipse — what I saw left me speechless
Latest from Space.comby Daisy Dobrijevic·6d ago
I woke up on the morning of Aug. 12 and looked out of the window to something I hadn't dared hope for: blue sky.
How the Trees Above Coffee Are Helping Birds, Bees & Wildlife Thrive
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta·6d ago
While we rush to get ready for work and reach for that first cup of coffee, there is a particular kind of silence inside a coffee estate in the Western Ghats.
Cool Cats Beating the Summer Heat With Fans, AC and Pawsitively Chill Feline Energy
I Can Has Cheezburger?by Sarah Brown·6d ago
- 01Feel the breeze - 02Power on - 03Wind machine - Nothing like sitting directly in front of the AC and letting that cool breeze blow through your fur.
Just because the bill is low doesn’t mean energy is affordable
The Conversation (US)by Destenie Nock, Alex Hills Career Development Associate Professor of Engineering and Public Policy, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University·6d ago
One light bulb. That was what electrification brought to my grandmother Mag’s two-story farmhouse in Boydton, Virginia.
Industry and residents clash over water near Berlin
DW Englishby Anne-Sophie Brändlin·6d ago
For years, Petra Liesenfeld has witnessed falling groundwater levels in her hometown of Baruth. She has to water her garden far more often than she used to, and has seen some local trees completely...
Ontario’s hunt reopens for once-threatened bird | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Leah Borts-Kuperman·6d ago
Starting next month, Ontario hunters will have a shot at sandhill cranes — for the first time in a century.
These Elephant Photos by a NatGeo Filmmaker Reveal the Family Bonds We Rarely See
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta·6d ago
A baby elephant disappears beneath its mother's body. It is only a few weeks old, moving with a herd through the forest patches of Kaziranga National Park in Assam.
The great drought devours the heart of Europe: Record-low harvests, historic restrictions and a stalled economy
El País Englishby EL PAÍS·6d ago
The great European drought has not only turned once-lush parks into dry wastelands. It has unleashed a complex cascade of emergencies with multiple effects that collapse like dominoes across...
Q&A: What is ‘long-duration energy storage’ – and why does the UK need it? - Carbon Brief
Carbon Briefby Molly Lempriere·6d ago
The UK is pioneering the use of “super batteries” that can store energy for long periods, smoothing the output from wind and solar power as the country moves towards net-zero.
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