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In a community center in rural Madagascar, Kame Westerman noticed something that changed her career. As the men debated the closure of an octopus fishery, the women — who stood to gain or lose the most from the decision —…

As 2024 comes to a close, global temperatures are at an all-time high — topping the previous hottest-year on record: 2023. As the rising temperatures fuel extreme weather around the world, communities are left to grapple with catastrophic floods, severe…

In the Andean foothills of the Peruvian Amazon, Trond Larsen carefully scanned the forest floor.  Out of the corner of his eye, a dark brown frog with a long snout hopped across the leaves, briefly exposing a bright pink underbelly.…

It was a year of rough seas for the world’s oceans.  Despite some progress on both fronts, overfishing and pollution persisted, while waters continued to warm at a rate that scientists “cannot fully explain,” according to Johan Rockström, chief scientist…

Alarm bells screamed for nature in 2024.  Each week seemed to bring fresh warnings of the loss of wildlife, habitat destruction and the escalating impacts of climate change.  But amid the gloom, quiet victories emerged, as ordinary people made extraordinary…

A new study is ringing alarm bells for freshwater species, finding nearly a quarter are at risk of extinction.  The study, from researchers at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), named dams, farms, invasive species and pollution…

For 450 straight days in 2023 and 2024, ocean temperatures hit record highs. According to a new study, the world’s oceans are warming four times faster than they were in the late 1980s, and the burning of fossil fuels is…