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The Red List ranks species based on how threatened they are. But it can be inaccurate.
What was particularly interesting about the responses of the tadpoles was that they were similar even through they had very different evolutionary histories with the three species we chose.
Coastal communities are helping scientists understand the impacts of marine heatwaves — and find solutions.
The Western Ghats are a global biodiversity hotspot, but urgently need better legal protection.
Sites like Agbogbloshie provides a valuable service. They offer opportunities for job creation, profit and cleaning up environments littered with waste.
Oil spills from a project that's designed to harness the economic potential of South Africa's oceans are threatening the world's largest remaining African Penguin colony.
Our research shows how a large scale renewable energy project can be plagued by many of the same troubling impacts on local communities as oil and extractive industries.
Residents have come up with solutions to make usable products out of organic waste materials.
CITES' decision seeks to increase levels of monitoring so that we can be more and better informed about the illegal trade of Mukula and over-harvesting.
As the ultimate custodians, it is urgent that African countries with elephants take
ownership of the processes at CITES.
In large ecosystems, managing elephant populations so they don't exceed a certain threshold number is arbitrary.
Yes, there are more fires in Africa than Brazil. But unlike the Amazon, Africa's savannah has evolved to grow back quickly.
Acidic oceans are disrupting a major part of the carbon cycle, slowing how seas absorb carbon from the atmosphere. This could massively speed up the effects of climate change.v
Parts of Ethiopia will likely be hotter, drier, and more water stressed - with consequences for human and economic development.
Human-driven land clearing and climate change are sending plants extinct at a rapid rate, risking a devastating biodiversity crash.
Ghana's quest to fill a significant infrastructure deficit has led to a barter deal with China that threatens one of West Africa's most important environmental spaces.
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It's too soon for South Africa to start counting its chickens over the recent offshore gas find by global energy giant Total.
The False Bay ocean food chain in Cape Town began to change significantly in 2015 with the appearance of shark-eating killer whales.
There's no easy way for Eskom to claw its way out of the crisis it's in.
Our research shows how a large scale renewable energy project can be plagued by many of the same troubling impacts on local communities as oil and extractive industries.
Small-scale renewable energy projects have tremendous potential to power rural areas in the DRC. Rural areas in the country have very little access to electricity.
The natural world depends on insects to function, but they may be the next casualty of climate change.
South Africa's annual sardine run is occurring increasingly late, and there have been instances where it doesn't happen at all. Here's why.
Four of the five contemporary migrations in East Africa are severely threatened and have virtually collapsed.
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Fish that live in the sea have found amazing ways to control the amount of water and salt in their bodies, and stay hydrated.
You may associate grief with the loss of loved ones, but it's also a useful way to think about ecological breakdown.
Ecological literacy is needed to guide global tree planting initiatives to avoid damaging some ecosystems.
Alien species are more likely to survive in a new habitat when environmental conditions are similar to their native home.
New research suggests that even ecologically flexible baboons could be at significant risk of habitat loss and endangerment from anthropogenic climate change.
A landmark report found more than one million species at risk of extinction – but even the "safe" ones may not be so safe.
A new study has calculated the tremendous cost of ash dieback to the UK economy.
The vast desert could potentially produce more than seven times the electricity requirements of Europe, with almost no carbon emissions.
The recent storms provide a grim reminder of the prospect of future tropical cyclones in a region under continued threat from climate change.
From New Orleans to Haiti to Mozambique, global inequality plays a major role in making disasters deadly.
The mouse who tidied the shed he lives in fascinated human viewers, but cleanliness isn't a virtue unique to humans.
Wildlife tourism is a million dollar industry, but do we know enough about how wildlife feel about tourists in their habitat?
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