Category Biodiversity

Scientists discovered 31 new species, including a giant octopus and a gossamer worm, during an expedition in Brazil's vast, unexplored ocean midwater zone.

Wayan Wardika's Bring Back the Light initiative focuses on breeding fireflies and promoting organic farming to combat habitat loss and pesticide use, aiming to reverse declining numbers on the Indonesian island.

Wayan Wardika initiated Indonesia's only firefly conservation project, Bring Back the Light, to reintroduce fireflies to Bali by breeding them and promoting habitat protection and organic farming.

Pakistan has created the Punjnad Indus River Dolphin Sanctuary, expanding protected habitat by nearly 200 kilometers in Punjab, connecting with an existing reserve in Sindh.

A mass of floating weeds is obstructing waterways at Chia Lagoon in Malawi, hindering farmers from accessing fields and preventing fishers from reaching fishing grounds.

Brazil has created four new Amazon sustainable development reserves, totaling over 668,000 hectares, to mitigate environmental impacts from plans to pave the BR-319 highway.

Italian photographer Federico Borella has spent four years documenting the intricate relationship and conflict between humans and elephants in Sri Lanka, aiming to capture its complexity and the nature of human-wildlife interactions.

A proposed $18 billion copper mining district in the Andes could devastate the habitat of the vicuña, a species that has recovered from near extinction.

Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres has been awarded the inaugural Jane Goodall Earth Medal, established by the Starmus Festival to honor conservation efforts. The award recognizes those who unite science, courage, and responsibility.

A confluence of climate change-driven drought, disease outbreaks like malaria and hepatitis B, and state neglect is causing a severe health emergency for the Matsés people in the Peruvian Amazon.