Environment

Aerial view of the Maullín River wetlands in southern Chile, a protected ecosystem under environmental pressure

Chile has just imposed a fine of about $4.1 million on a real estate development consisting of 87 lots along the banks of the Maullín River, and the case is already being viewed as a stern warning to rural real estate developers

By Kevin Montien
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July 15, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Group of Andean rheas walking across a dry highland landscape in Peru, a critically endangered bird species in the Andes

The largest running bird in the Peruvian Andes can reach speeds of about 37 miles per hour, but it now faces a threat from which it cannot escape: a lack of funding

By Sonia Ramírez
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July 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Yaguara the jaguar wearing a tracking collar as she leaves her transport crate in Bolivia

Bolivia has just released a rehabilitated jaguar into its natural habitat for the first time, but Yaguara’s story does not end when the cage is opened: now the toughest test begins, deep in the jungle

By ECONEWS
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July 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Diego Saldanha removing plastic waste from floating ecobarrier in Brazil’s Atuba River

For years, he watched as bottles, furniture, and plastic floated past the back of his house, as if the river were a floating landfill, until this Brazilian father built a homemade barrier that has already removed more than 40 metric tons of trash

By Sonia Ramírez
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July 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Artificial water canal in Ceará, Brazil, part of a large-scale drought mitigation project

Brazil is nearing completion of an “artificial river” nearly 145 kilometers long in Ceará, a large-scale project that is already 92% complete and promises to bring water to communities where drought has been a constant for generations

By Kevin Montien
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July 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Female Edwards's pheasant born at Bioparc Fuengirola before joining an international conservation program to restore the species in Vietnam.

A pheasant born in Málaga has just traveled thousands of kilometers to Vietnam in an effort to restore a species that has not been reliably sighted in its forests since 2000

By Sonia Ramírez
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July 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
European eel in shallow freshwater river with low water levels during summer drought.

It isn’t the Iberian lynx or the polar bear closest to extinction in Spain, but a fish you can still legally catch as summer dries its rivers to stagnant pools 

By ECONEWS
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July 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Scattered invasive pine trees spreading across a dry hillside in New Zealand.

What appeared to be a simple tree growing on a hillside can turn into a dense stand of invasive pine trees capable of depleting watersheds, displacing native plants, and altering an entire landscape

By Sonia Ramírez
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July 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Aerial view of coastal flooding with seawater covering roads and land due to rising sea levels.

Sea levels are not rising solely because Greenland and Antarctica are melting, but because the ocean is expanding from within, and that invisible factor alone accounts for 43% of the rise recorded since 1960

By Kevin Montien
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July 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Chinantec Indigenous women monitoring wildlife in tropical forest as part of conservation programs in Oaxaca.

In Oaxaca, some women walk up to 10 hours through the jungle to check camera traps that have captured images of jaguars, pumas, ocelots, and 24 other species of mammals

By Sonia Ramírez
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July 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Fisherman holding toxic invasive pufferfish caught in Mediterranean waters Greece

For years, fishermen had watched this strange fish destroy their nets; now Greece has decided to pay for each one caught, in an effort to curb its spread

By Adrian Villellas
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July 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
People swimming in clear water at Flamengo Beach in Rio de Janeiro during early morning

Río Beach, whose recovery seemed impossible for years, now attracts more than 300 early-morning swimmers and hosts open-water swimming schools in a spot that almost no one dared to approach before

By ECONEWS
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July 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Dense Norway spruce forest in the Italian Alps with uniform canopy and limited plant diversity on the forest floor

The Italian forest, which appeared healthy from a distance, concealed ecological degradation dating back nearly 100 years, and scientists discovered that its fir trees harbored 50.3% less plant diversity than native forests

By Sonia Ramírez
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July 11, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Field of polymetallic nodules scattered across the deep Pacific Ocean floor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone

Nearly 6 kilometers below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and Mexico, there are dark rocks the size of a potato that took millions of years to form and could now spark a global race for cobalt, nickel, copper, and manganese

By Sonia Ramírez
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July 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Aerial view of a circular hyperadobe earth home under construction in a desert landscape

It all started with an old 1972 trailer; now, a family is building a huge earthen house in the middle of the desert, powered by solar energy and rainwater, without relying on the power grid

By Kevin Montien
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July 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Close-up of an orange tabby cat showing the classic M mark on its forehead

Orange cats have always been known for being affectionate, but a veterinarian has just explained a genetic detail that many owners were unaware of: Almost all of them are, in fact, tabby cats

By Sonia Ramírez
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July 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Close-up of a koala face showing detailed features in a wild Australian population

In the 1920s, perhaps only two or three koalas were brought to French Island to avert a catastrophe, and a century later, their DNA has just revealed a story far stranger than a simple genetic curse

By Adrian Villellas
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July 10, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Male seahorse representing the extraordinary parenting behaviors found in the animal kingdom, including male pregnancy and parental care.

A seahorse that gets pregnant, a fish that hides its young in its mouth, and a fox that feeds its entire family: the surprising list of nature’s most extraordinary parents

By ECONEWS
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July 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
South African authorities inspect live scorpions seized from a suitcase at Cape Town International Airport during a wildlife trafficking investigation.

It all started with a seemingly ordinary suitcase at the Cape Town airport, until the police found 150 live scorpions hidden among the clothes

By Adrian Villellas
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July 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Hooded vulture near N'Djamena, Chad, where researchers documented declining populations linked to poisoning and illegal wildlife trade.

A man offered to catch vultures using a poisoned donkey, and that scene perfectly symbolized the crisis that scientists are seeing unfold in the area around N’Djamena

By Sonia Ramírez
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July 9, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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