How one American couple ditched their lawn and created a wildlife haven – and you could too
Wildlife | The Guardianby Whitney Bauck·5d ago
When James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz first decided to replace their lawn with native plants, they did not really know what they were doing.
Over 75% of UK wetlands have been destroyed – restoring them would help prevent wildfires
The Conversation UKby Christian Dunn, Professor in Natural Sciences, Bangor University·5d ago
Firefighters have been battling a vast wildfire in the hills above Blaenavon in south Wales, spreading across more than 4,000 hectares, for three weeks.
After a Decade Cleaning the Himalayas, He’s Sending 1 Kg of Waste Back With Each Kedarnath Pilgrim
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta·5d ago
Every year, millions of people make the steep climb to Kedarnath. This year, environmental activist Pradeep Sangwan wants them to carry something back with their memories: a kilogram of waste.
Destructive and delicious: how an invasive deer in Hawaii is being turned into dinner
Wildlife | The Guardianby Kiki Aranita·5d ago
In 1868, the government of Hong Kong gave eight axis deer to Hawaii’s King Kamehameha V. They were a beautiful gift, these creatures that hail from south Asia, with their honey-colored pelts marked...
Pixel Weather gets a fresh look and a handy new forecast detail with the latest update
Android Authorityby Hillary Keverenge·5d ago
Pixel Weather gets a fresh look and a handy new forecast detail with the latest update Aug 20, 2026 — 5:42 AM ET - Pixel Weather is getting its new white-background icon on older Pixel models after...
Filipino Cacao Growers Learn to Live With a Hotter Climate
Yale E360by August·5d ago
In the Philippines, ideal growing conditions for cacao have fueled an industry with a market value of more than $400 million.
How Europe can better protect against extreme wildfires
DW Englishby Tim Schauenberg·5d ago
From Spain and France to Portugal, Greece and Italy, the list of European countries affected by particularly severe wildfires is long.
Life in the dark: The daily agony of Venezuela’s power crisis
El País Englishby Florantonia Singer·5d ago
Sonia Soto’s days are six hours shorter. Those are the hours she spends without electricity. During them, all she wants to do is lock herself in her bathroom and cry. “It is very hard.
More than 1,000 birds found dead in three mass mortality events amid ‘significant’ H5 escalation in Australia
Environment | The Guardianby Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent·5d ago
The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, has declared a “significant escalation” in H5 bird flu in the state after the detection of three mass mortality events involving more than 1,000...
Who’s most at risk in the cyclospora outbreak? The farmworkers on the front lines.
Gristby Frida Garza·5d ago
Earlier this summer, when the news broke about an outbreak of cyclosporiasis — a parasitic infection that results in abdominal distress and is passed on via food or water that has been contaminated...
Climate change drove extreme July heat in European seas, study finds
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta·5d ago
European coastal waters recorded unprecedented sea surface temperatures in July 2026. A new study has found that human-induced climate change primarily drove the temperature surge, pushing marine...
How Florida quietly removed climate change content from textbooks
Gristby Katie Worth·5d ago
Had Florida’s high school marine biology students read the original draft of their textbook, they would have learned about research that found climate change is killing at least 150,000 people per...
In a new book, an artist recalls working with Mumbai’s Koli fisherwomen to preserve their traditions
Scroll.inby Parag Tandel·5d ago
The Son Koli, a fishing community, are original inhabitants of Greater Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane, in western Maharashtra.
Shocked, Then Trucked. Why BC Arranges Road Trips for Live Fish | The Tyee
The Tyeeby Sarah Cox·5d ago
In a scenario that sounds like something in a Dr. Seuss book, bull trout and other fish are travelling past the Site C dam on the back of a Ford pickup truck as part of an elaborate plan to save...
Why Do We Feed Wildlife? | The Tyee
The Tyeeby Michelle Gamage·5d ago
As British Columbians flock to outdoor spaces it’s important to remember that feeding wildlife is bad for them, say experts. As in, really bad for them.
Ecotourism in India: From Conservation to Commercialisation
Frontlineby Prakriti Srivastava; Ghazala Shahabuddin·5d ago
Ecotourism came to India in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 2002, the United Nations launched the International Year of Ecotourism to promote sustainable travel globally.
‘The only way is up’: cycling Norway’s mountainous ‘Milky Way’
Travel | The Guardianby Ailsa Sheldon·5d ago
‘Norway is a hilly country,” shrugs Glenn Roar Berge. He’s not wrong, though he is fond of an understatement.
Indigenous fishers rethink shark hunting & protect species on Colombia’s coast
Mongabay Globalby Latoya Abulu·5d ago
- In the Colombian department of La Guajira, at South America’s northernmost tip, Indigenous Wayuu fishers from the community of Punta Gallinas are working with marine biologists to conserve and...
Nepal pushes for hydropower in protected areas through legal grey area
Mongabay Globalby Abhaya Raj Joshi·5d ago
- Nepal’s government is allowing hydropower development inside protected areas, despite a January 2025 Supreme Court ruling that invalidates the legal provision for this activity.
Monstera magic: Barbican hands out cuttings as ‘green lung of the city’ closes
Environment | The Guardianby Helena Horton·5d ago
Above the waxy monstera leaves and bright pink hibiscus flowers in the Barbican conservatory hangs a giant net to catch the panes of glass that are at risk of falling from the ceiling on the...
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