The species Hylaeus navai, scientifically described in 2024, is estimated to have lost 99% of its population over 150 years. Researchers say it should be classified as critically endangered and aim to train students in Fiji to monitor it.
The Planetary Health Check 2026 report, compiled by 60 scientists, finds growing pressure on the systems that support life on Earth. Its authors warn of a greater risk of irreversible damage but stress that there is still time to change course.
A team led by women is preparing to release 13 Darwin’s rheas in Chile’s Patagonia National Park. The effort is part of restoring a steppe where livestock farming and fences had driven the birds close to local extinction.
The autumn departure of house martins from Derbyshire highlights how much remains unknown about their journey to Africa. Their declining population and the discovery of microplastics in their feathers add to concerns about these migratory birds.
In an excerpt from his interview with Death in the Garden, writer Charles Eisenstein questions environmental campaigning based on fear and self-interest. He argues that love for nature and the way we treat the people we speak to can provide a different basis for action.
Lady Elliot Island on the Great Barrier Reef is once again filled with vegetation and seabirds after decades of work to repair the damage caused by guano mining. Replanting has been completed across about 70% of its area, but tackling non-native plants remains an ongoing task.
In Nigeria's Ogoniland, women are restoring mangrove forests destroyed by decades of oil pollution. The initiative connects the recovery of wetlands with the return of sources of food and income and communities' participation in decisions about their land.
An experiment at a Spanish wind farm recorded almost 74% fewer annual bird deaths at turbines where one blade was painted black, compared with those that remained white. The intervention could reduce collisions, but results from other studies vary and trials remain small in scale.
Two studies in Hawai’i show that playing sounds from healthy coral reefs can increase coral larval settlement and the presence of juvenile fish on artificial structures. Combining sound, suitable surfaces and living bacterial coatings opens up new possibilities for reef restoration.
Kavantissa, considered Sri Lanka's tallest living tusker, was shot and remains under veterinary monitoring. The incident has revived proposals for armed protection, as well as the issue of the financial burden on communities living alongside elephants.
A partnership between SANParks, Discovery Green and Sasol will supply renewable energy equivalent to about a quarter of Kruger National Park's electricity consumption. The pilot project uses generation outside the park, reducing the need for immediate investment in its own facilities.
Researchers documented the new species Victoria colombiana in eastern Colombia, following clues from an Instagram photo. According to the scientists, at most 50 individuals remain in the wild, and the species is at risk of extinction.
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