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A monarch butterfly is seen at an enclosure at Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, in August 2019.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Mar 7, 2025

Butterfly populations plummet by 22% in U.S. since turn of century

By Will Dunham

Studies in some other countries have documented declines at roughly the same rate as in the U.S. data.

African tiger fish swim in the Okavango river in Botswana.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Jan 13, 2025

Study documents extinction threats to world's freshwater species

By Will Dunham

Threats to such species include pollution, dams and water extraction, agriculture and invasive species.

Baby Japanese eels are increasingly seen in Hokkaido but the overall number remains low.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Jan 8, 2025

Japanese researchers connect rise in glass eels to climate change

Researchers said the fact that the Kuroshio Current is shifting north is believed to be behind the rising prevalence of glass eels in Hokkaido.

A trainer feeds an elephant at the Elephant Conservation Center in Laos' Sainyabuli province on Oct. 13.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Nov 30, 2024

Researchers analyze DNA from dung to save Laos elephants

By Stuart Graham

Once abundant in the forests of Laos, Asian elephants have been decimated by habitat destruction, poaching and scarce breeding opportunities.

Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 President, Susana Muhamad, attends the last plenary session of the COP16 Summit in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Nov 4, 2024

U.N. nature summit ends in limbo as countries spar over funding

By Natasha White and Zahra Hirji

Notwithstanding the last-minute drama, the summit did achieve some of its goals.

David Cooper (left), executive secretary of COP16, Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 President Susana Muhamad (center), and Astrid Schomaker, secretary of COP16, attend the closing session of the conference in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Nov 3, 2024

U.N. talks on saving nature stumble on finance hurdle

By Mariëtte le Roux and Benjamin Legendre

COP16 was suspended after negotiations ran nearly 12 hours longer than planned and delegates started leaving.

The closing session of the United Nations' COP16 summit in Cali, Colombia, on Friday

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Nov 2, 2024

Talks on halting nature loss run into extra time in Colombia

By Mariëtte le Roux

A closing plenary session started more than four hours late as groups of negotiators huddled behind closed doors seeking to iron out their differences.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

An ongoing shortage of rice has resulted in rising prices for Japan's main food staple.

Why Japan is running out of rice — and farmers to grow it

By Alex K.T. Martin

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