Hurricane Maria in 2017 devastated several mangrove ecosystems in Puerto Rico, leading ecologists to start restoration efforts. Mangroves provide myriad benefits: storm protection, carbon...
The most comprehensive survey of Earth’s tree life has just been published, showing that there are some 9,000 species that scientists still haven’t described....
Cuba recently declared that it had established a new marine protected area off the country’s northwestern coast known as the Este del Archipiélago de...
Blood lead levels among the population of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince are on average five times higher than in the United States, say researchers, highlighting...
The government of Guyana says the South American country has already achieved net-zero carbon emissions, and adds it will further cut emissions by 70%...
In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference....
The Caribbean Waterbird Census commences on Friday, January 14th and runs until Thursday, February 3rd, 2022. This period includes World Wetlands Day (February 2), which this...
Palm oil producers across four countries in Latin America are able to violate environmental safeguards with relative impunity, according to a recent investigation. A...
Every disaster movie seems to open with a scientist being ignored. “Don’t Look Up” is no exception – in fact, people ignoring or flat...
When a monkey joined her in playing the piano when she was 12 years old, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka knew she wanted to work with animals....
At an event marking the new status of Barbados as a republic, entertainer and businesswoman Robyn Rihanna Fenty was declared a National Hero, entitling...
The female ocelot lay anesthetized on the exam table, behind the scenes at the Albuquerque Biopark Zoo. As a veterinarian on the team preparing...
Major announcements on climate finance and emissions reductions at COP26 will amount to greenwashing if countries don’t also sign up to clear monitoring measures,...