Conservation

Mangrove forests buffer coastlines from flooding while acting as valuable carbon sinks, but scientists are concerned about the impacts that more extreme and frequent storms caused by climate change are having on these ecosystems. In a new study, scientists from Yale School of the Environment discovered that mangrove forests could actually be more resilient to […]

In Halifax County, Virginia, a futuristic farm is taking shape, where a 65-megawatt solar farm is sharing space with grazing lambs and a 10-hive apiary that is home to 500,000 bees. The bees are taking flight at Crystal Hill Solar, an agrivoltaic site with the capacity to power 10,800 homes per year, according to the […]

Amphibians like frogs and salamanders face mounting threats around the world, including habitat loss, climate change, deadly fungus and road mortality. Roads pose an immediate danger by cutting amphibians off from crucial migration corridors and putting them in the path of vehicles, which kill millions of animals annually. Now, a first-of-its kind study led by […]

In Panama, forest cover on Indigenous lands has remained stable at almost double the rate of protected areas — including government parks — due in great part to deeply-ingrained cultural values, a new study led by researchers from McGill University has found. The findings challenge a longstanding assumption about conservation: that in order to protect […]

By reversing a takeover by non-native species, native species have a chance at recovery in their natural habitats, according to a new study led by scientists from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). The study, published in the journal Biological Conservation, explored how removing invasive bullfrogs could affect the native western pond turtles, which […]

United Nations World Bee Day is May 20, and a new report from Bee:wild — a science-led campaign to save bees and other pollinators worldwide — outlines the 12 biggest emerging threats to bees over the next five to 15 years. Among the emerging threats to pollinators identified by 10 leading experts in the report […]

Water For Life began its journey when filmmaker Will Parrinello and his team followed environmental activist Francisco Pineda more than 14 years ago. Pineda was a winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize who was working to stop the development of a gold mine in his home country of El Salvador.  “He doesn’t say this in […]

Testing of English and Welsh rivers by volunteers from angling groups has revealed that 34 percent of freshwater sites tested breach the upper limit of phosphate levels. The anglers are using the data they collected to push for change in the treatment of rivers, but, according to environmental consultancy the Angling Trust, in collaboration with […]