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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 ECONEWS

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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 ECONEWS

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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 ECONEWS

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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 ECONEWS

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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 ECONEWS

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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

Chilean geologist Paola Peña dives 7,592 meters into the Atacama Trench to study the origin of 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 ECONEWS

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March 1, 2026 at 11:39 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 ECONEWS

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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.

Colombia declares its entire Amazon region free of new oil, gas and large-scale mining projects

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 puddles, but Portugal’s temporary ponds revive tadpole shrimp with a 100-million-year lineage every time it rains

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

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

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 4:27 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 ECONEWS

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February 24, 2026 at 8:38 AM

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chilean geologist Paola Peña dives 7,592 meters into the Atacama Trench to study the origin of earthquakes and tsunamis

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

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

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

Colombia declares its entire Amazon region free of new oil, gas and large-scale mining projects

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

They look like puddles, but Portugal’s temporary ponds revive tadpole shrimp with a 100-million-year lineage every time it rains

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

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

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

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

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

Roman soldiers guarded a German forest fort for 150 years, and archaeologists digging just inches below the forest floor have found a temple of Mars and a pin hinting at who came after

A volunteer diver picking up trash at the bottom of a Wisconsin lake found a 1,000-year-old dugout canoe, and the Wisconsin Historical Society has decided the safest place for it is exactly where it lies

Czech cave explorers and a robot have measured the Hranice Abyss to 1,476 feet underwater, and a decade after it became the world’s deepest flooded cave, nobody knows where the bottom is

A Hawaiian tree snail vanished from the wild after Hawaii brought in a predator to fight a garden pest, and 33 years later it is back behind walls that keep its hunters out

A Swiss glacier has pulled back far enough to reveal a larch that stopped growing about 10,300 years ago, and its still-attached roots show the tree grew on ground the ice later buried

Chinstrap penguin droppings across Antarctica release an estimated 540,000 tons of methane a year, and the bare ground between the guano patches gives off almost nothing

Twenty family dogs listened to nonstop invented words while wearing electrodes, and scientists found that dog brains lock onto the same hidden detail of speech that human brains rely on from infancy

Norway’s largest Viking coin hoard has grown to 5,550 coins since two metal detectorists found it in a field, and an archaeologist cataloging them spotted one struck for a king who became a saint

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