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Arvoreznha, Brazil — Meet the admirable red-belly toad — a tiny amphibian found nowhere else on Earth but a small forest patch in southern Brazil. Don’t let its size fool you. In 2014, it made history by halting the construction…
Villagers in central Indonesia rescued 34 short-finned pilot whales following a mass stranding on March 9, but despite their overnight efforts were unable to save 21 others. Mongabay Indonesia’s Ebed De Rosary reports that residents first discovered the pod in…
Four pairs of beavers were released into the Par and Fowey river catchment in February.
Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics Genes capable of creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs have been detected in the UK’s largest lake, which supplies drinking water to about 40% of Northern…
The state concluded there is “no current cause for concern.” Experts worried about the long-term impacts of fracking waste say more research is required. By Kiley Bense A decade ago, Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection published a study on radioactivity…
Many Indigenous peoples and local communities live in close contact with nature and learn to identify the wildlife around them from an early age. New research published in the International Journal of Conservation draws on that knowledge to better understand…
Storm Claudia devastated residents in Monmouth, with many still living with the damage.
The heat wave could further lower water availability in the region, which has seen staggeringly low levels of snowpack this year. By Kiley Price An early-season heat wave is descending across the Western United States, likely to bring record-shattering temperatures…
Taxonomists described 309 new species of freshwater fish in 2025, according to a report released by SHOAL, the IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialist Group (FFSG) and the California Academy of Sciences (CAS). With nearly one new description each day of the…
Many medical devices need to be sterile to be used safely. But sterilizing a pacemaker, catheter, or other device with steam or heat could damage its structural integrity. So medical device manufacturers turn to the chemical compound ethylene oxide, which…