7+ hour, 15+ min ago  (547+ words) Since the end of May, rural areas of San Jos" del Guaviare, the capital city of the Guaviare department in the Colombian Amazon, have once again been turned into a war zone. "We knew something like this could happen. A…...

10+ hour, 37+ min ago  (815+ words) Colombia has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030 and has a legally binding net-zero target for 2050. Analysts at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) say Petro's government made some progress, but deep reductions in emissions are…...

12+ hour, 50+ min ago  (607+ words) South African police arrested a 28-year-old man at Cape Town International Airport on June 12, 2026. Inside his luggage, tucked between his clothing, authorities discovered 150 live venomous scorpions. Each one was individually wrapped in a clear plastic bag, like candies at a…...

16+ hour, 10+ min ago  (310+ words) Conservationists warn that vulture populations in central African countries like Chad are increasingly at risk due to belief-based use in Nigeria and Benin. In West African countries like Nigeria and Benin, vultures are poached both alive and dead for beliefs…...

18+ hour, 28+ min ago  (1095+ words) TAI NATIONAL PARK, C'te d'Ivoire " Environmental scientist Christine Kouman says she has always had a passion to take care of things that are overlooked or neglected. The West African slender-snouted crocodile and its habitat in what remains of the Upper…...

21+ hour, 12+ min ago  (531+ words) For more than 160 years, the Himalayan pit viper was believed to be a single species, found across the Himalayas in Pakistan, India and Nepal. Now, a new study revealed this snake is actually not one, but five distinct species, including…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (235+ words) It is an appealing narrative. It is also one that has played out throughout tropical America, from Mexico to Mato Grosso. The result has rarely been shared prosperity. Instead, it has often meant felled forest, poisoned water, long-term loss of…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (770+ words) TA" NATIONAL PARK, C'te d'Ivoire " The path that leads through the rainforest towards a nesting site for one of its most curious inhabitants is not made by humans but by animals. The forest floor here is relatively clear of undergrowth....

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (747+ words) news - Mongabay Monika Silva Koniuszek, 41, defended the everyday things corruption corrodes If you liked this story, share it with other people. - Monika Silva Koniuszek, a Polish-born activist and mother of two, was found dead on June 8th at her home in…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (727+ words) Al Dhiwaini!" HRH the Prince of Jazan called in the traditional way that spurred hundreds of people to sprint toward the water, carrying around nets and shouting. But in that moment, there was nothing to do except run into the…...