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Riding in a helicopter, Fabiano Melo, with the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil, searched for the elusive northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus), a large monkey in the northern Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Flying over evergreen canopies with trees as tall as…
HOMER, Alaska — Roarke Brown, a charter boat captain since 1972 in this picturesque fishing village, remembers being able to tread out onto the Kachemak Bay mud flats at low tide to fill a 5-gallon bucket with clams in little…
The Trump administration issued a new round of furlough notices to EPA employees on Monday while the Interior Department disclosed plans to cut 2,050 positions affecting national parks, endangered species and toxic contamination research. By Katie Surma The Trump administration…
Exclusive: Looming overhaul of protections should also include definition of ‘unacceptable impact’ on environment, Murray Watt says Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The Albanese government wants the power to strip companies…
Construction due to begin in 2027 on what is expected to be UK’s largest publicly owned windfarm Every islander on Orkney is expected to benefit from a major windfarm being built by the local council after it won £62m in…
Climate activists worldwide are facing increased persecution and criminalization by governments, with some of the most severe measures coming from Europe, according to a United Nations human rights expert. Governments including those of the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Spain…
Most vulnerable families could be without critical energy assistance, experts warn, as electricity and gas bills surge Millions of Americans face having to ration heating this winter as the US federal government shutdown and mass layoffs by the Trump administration…
New rule would prohibit states from banning dangerous chemicals, and could invalidate hundreds of protections A new rule proposed by the Trump administration would dramatically weaken safety reviews for some of the nation’s most toxic chemicals that are already on…
Climate crisis contributing to spread of diseases as hunting industry takes a hit from growing number of dead deer When landowner and hunter James Barkhurst went scouting his property about a month ago to assess the local deer population ahead…
LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo — Fifty African gray parrots have been released back into the wild in the Democratic Republic of Congo following their rescue from the illegal wildlife trade. Their release, in the central province of Maniema this…