Environment

Chinese mitten crab with distinctive hairy claws photographed in a European river habitat

The invasive Chinese crab adapts to almost any environment, feeds on invertebrates, fry, and even protected species, and competes with local fauna as if the river were its own

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Donkey standing near a dry waterhole in the Australian outback

Australia is culling thousands of donkeys so that dogs can save farms and water

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 7, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Rescued Leopardus pardalis ocelot after being found weak on a roadside near Fusagasugá Colombia

He saw it lying on the side of the road, picked it up, fed it, and kept it safe during the trip: that’s how the rescue of the Leopardus pardalis ocelot in Fusagasugá began

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Fishing hut on stilts at Hermanicky Pond near Ostrava, linked by a narrow walkway over calm water at sunset.

Ostrava has its own “secret Venice” that almost no one knows about: 70 fishermen’s huts on stilts, set back from the shore and connected by narrow walkways

By Adrian Villellas
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March 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Capybara resting on a muddy riverbank beside a caiman in a South American wetland

They have shared rivers for decades, and no one understands why alligators do not attack capybaras. Now scientists believe they have the answer

By Adrian Villellas
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March 5, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Microscopic view of free living amoebae found in water systems and linked to climate related health risks

The famous “brain-eating amoeba” is not the only one; the new fear is a whole group of microbes that live in water and soil and are already gaining ground with climate change

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Night camera trap image of a binturong (bearcat) foraging on the forest floor in Virachey National Park, Cambodia.

Hidden cameras in Virachey National Park record 42 rare species, surprising even conservationists

By Adrian Villellas
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March 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Drilling site in the Lorraine coal basin where researchers identified a deep natural white hydrogen reserve.

They drill into an old coal basin and discover a gigantic reserve of natural hydrogen that could change Europe

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 4, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Paola Peña inside a deep sea submersible during her 7,592 meter descent into the Atacama Trench

A geologist descends 7,592 meters into the Atacama trench, marking a historic milestone in the study of the origin of major earthquakes and tsunamis

By Adrian Villellas
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March 2, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Two brightly colored poison frogs on rainforest leaves, showing how their toxic diet powers their chemical defenses

They measure between 2 and 6 centimeters, but their skin can hide one of the most lethal toxins on the planet, which is why the “poison dart frog” is so fearsome

By ECONEWS
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March 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Construction work on Mexico’s Interoceanic Corridor rail line across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Mexico pulls a “land-based Panama Canal” out of its hat: 303 km across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to connect the Pacific and the Gulf without passing through locks

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 1, 2026 at 10:22 AM
TROPOMI satellite data showing reduced nitrogen dioxide levels over California as zero emission vehicles increased.

A European satellite confirms what many doubted: between 2019 and 2023, California added hundreds of zero-emission vehicles per area, and the TROPOMI satellite detected a measurable decrease in pollution from space

By Sonia Ramírez
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February 28, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Aerial view of the Colombian Amazon rainforest, now declared free of new hydrocarbon and mega mining projects.

Goodbye to mining in the heart of the jungle: Colombia makes history by declaring its entire Amazon region free of hydrocarbons and mega-mining

By ECONEWS
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February 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Chinese researchers covering Dagu Glacier with white geotextile blankets to slow ice melting in Sichuan

In 2019, China did something that seems crazy: “cover” glaciers with giant blankets. Now, in 2026, data shows how much they actually slow down melting

By Adrian Villellas
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February 26, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Researcher standing in a shallow Mediterranean temporary pond in São Marcos da Ataboeira, Castro Verde, Portugal after heavy rain

They look like simple puddles of water, but every time it rains, they activate a prehistoric ecosystem whose lineage began more than 100 million years ago and which the European Union considers a priority

By ECONEWS
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February 26, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Deep sea image of thousands of pearl octopuses gathered at a hydrothermal nursery site near Davidson Seamount.

At a depth of 3.2 km and next to a volcano, they have recorded the largest octopus nursery on the planet, the size of 233 soccer fields and full of incubating mothers

By ECONEWS
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February 26, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Half moon pits dug in the Sahara to capture rainwater and restore degraded desert land

They tried to slow down the advance of the Sahara with millions of bees… and they “melted” at over 70 °C. However, the solution that works is not biology, but geometry on the ground

By Adrian Villellas
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February 25, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Collage showing plastic pollution in the ocean, including a sea turtle entangled in fishing net and hermit crabs using plastic as shelter

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is becoming a floating continent populated by marine creatures

By Adrian Villellas
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February 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Cargo ship facing a massive 35-meter rogue wave in the Pacific as satellites monitor extreme sea conditions

Satellites detect megawaves up to 35 meters high in the Pacific, and the data is concerning because they appear even without “super hurricanes” involved

By Adrian Villellas
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February 25, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Highly contaminated water inside the torus room at Fukushima Daiichi where active marine bacteria were detected.

Fifteen years after the 2011 disaster, Fukushima continues to deliver strange surprises. Japan has found active bacteria in highly radioactive water, and what is most disturbing is that they appear “normal,” as if nothing had happened

By Kevin Montien
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February 24, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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