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Five people were rescued after a pod of critically endangered Iberian orcas caused a sailboat to sink off Portugal’s Costa do Caparica, near the nation’s capital, Lisbon, on Sept. 13. None of the people on board suffered any injuries, according…
When a toucan plucks fruit from a tree in the Amazon Rainforest, it’s doing more than just finding lunch. Moving to a new location and depositing seeds via its droppings could be crucial in addressing climate change. New research shows…
More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact an important freshwater source. The Loma Larga mining project, run…
The government faces calls to give the Climate Change Committee a bigger role in advising on airport expansion.
Researchers mapping how red squirrels would fare under climate breakdown scenarios found ‘a natural ability to adapt’ Red squirrels are thriving on the Isle of Wight where they have enough food and a suitable habitat to support a population that…
Exclusive: Officials say they have been told to do as little as legally possible to prevent housing approvals Ministers have told officials at the Environment Agency to wave through planning applications with minimal resistance, as part of a major regulatory…
Research which began with conversations round a campfire and went on to examine 7m gene variants shows how people survive with little water and a meat-rich diet A collaboration between African and American researchers and a community living in one…
Captive animals sometimes need a transfusion, but the typical approach to blood banking isn’t practical for zoos and aquariums. One veterinarian is testing a solution.
Wildlife officials had to rescue, relocate brook trout after Bottomley Properties cleared hundreds of acres of mountain forest for grazing. By Lisa Sorg ALLEGHANY COUNTY, N.C.—One of the most prominent cattle farmers in North Carolina has reached a financial settlement…
Politicians tout its mild summers. Its Puerto Rican population has grown since Hurricane Maria. But can Western New York retain its insulation from the worst outcomes of climate change in the future? By Finya Swai, Erin Drumm BUFFALO, N.Y.—At a…