Light pollution reshapes predator-prey dynamics at California’s urban edge, study finds
A new study finds that bright lights at night change wildlife behavior at the edge of cities more than noise…
After quinoa’s boom, Bolivian farmers face degraded soils and climate stress
Quinoa, a pseudocereal, has been grown in the Andes since pre-Hispanic times. The 2010-2014 quinoa boom benefited some farmers in…
Sharks and rays do not know boundaries and a new high seas treaty seeks to protect them
A recent panel discussion at a global conference on sharks and rays explored how the newly adopted Biodiversity Beyond National…
Climate change could erase most South American cloud forests, study warns
Climate change could eliminate up to 91% of South America’s cloud forests by 2070 under a high-emissions scenario , even…
Peru bets on bamboo to restore nature in its main coca-growing region
Since 2023, Peruvian development agency PROVRAEM has spent nearly $5 million planting almost 1,300 hectares (3,200 acres) of bamboo across…
AI tool tracks spread of illegal gold mining in Amazon protected areas
Gold mining presumed to be illegal caused 6,000 hectares (more than 14,800 acres) of deforestation in Amazonian protected areas and…
Oil spill continues in Gulf of Mexico vulnerable habitats, while Pemex admits fault
An oil spill has contaminated 933 kilometers (about 580 miles) of shoreline along the western Gulf of Mexico, impacting the…
Colombia’s main river redraws the map of little-known night monkeys
A new study looks at genetic evidence to suggest that Colombia’s Magdalena River, and not the Andean massif, may be…