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Stories tagged “biodiversity”
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Frogs Are Beating the Fungus That Nearly Wiped Them Out
Scientists discover that some frog populations recovering from the deadly chytrid fungus are passing on powerful immune defenses to the next generation.
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UK Ratifies High Seas Treaty in Win for Ocean Protection
The UK joined more than 90 countries in formally adopting the global ocean treaty, giving governments a legal framework to protect international waters.
Human Achievements
Ahmedabad Sets World Record: 361,000 Saplings in One Hour
Using the Miyawaki method, 25,000 volunteers planted 35 native species across 76,000 square meters of urban land in just 60 minutes, setting a new Guinness World Record.
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Scientists Discover a New Ladybird Species — On a Tree Outside Their Own Lab
Researchers combing 1,700 specimens across Japan turned up a previously unknown ladybird beetle — living, all along, on a pine tree beside their own university building in Fukuoka.
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U.S. Launches DNA Vault for Every Endangered Species in America
A new partnership between Colossal Biosciences and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will biobank cells, tissues and DNA from all 2,300+ Endangered Species Act-listed plants and animals.
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Brazil Ocean Expedition Discovers 31 New Species in Just Two Weeks
Researchers aboard the Falkor (too) used a new laser microscope to catalogue 31 new midwater species — including jellyfish, comb jellies and giant single-celled rhizarians — in record time.
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Europe Removes Record 602 Dams, Freeing 2,300 Miles of Rivers
A new Dam Removal Europe report tallies 602 barriers torn down across 21 countries in 2025, reconnecting more than 2,300 miles of rivers in the continent’s biggest restoration year on record.
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Mangrove Forests Rebound Worldwide as Gains Outpace Losses
A 40-year satellite study from Tulane finds mangrove regrowth has nearly matched losses since 2010, leaving the planet with just a 1% net decline since the 1980s.
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Four New Chameleon Species Found on Mozambique's 'Sky Islands'
Scientists describe four previously unknown sylvan chameleons, each living on its own isolated mountaintop forest in northern Mozambique — an unmistakable signature of evolution in action.
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Vietnam's Rarest Monkey Triples Its Numbers in Two Decades
A new census reveals 160 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys now live in Vietnam's Khau Ca forest — more than three times the number counted in 2002.
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UNESCO Sites Now Shelter a Third of the World's Tigers and Pandas
A new UNESCO report finds that wildlife populations have stayed stable inside designated sites even as global numbers crashed by nearly three-quarters since 1970.
Human Achievements
Tropical Rainforests Bounce Back 90% in Just 30 Years, Ecuador Study Finds
A new analysis of 8,500 species shows abandoned rainforest plots can recover almost all of their original biodiversity within a single human generation — far faster than scientists thought possible.
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New Bright-Green Pitviper Discovered in China's Giant Panda National Park
Researchers named the new Sichuan snake species Trimeresurus lii — the Huaxi Green Pitviper — honoring the philosopher Laozi after DNA analysis revealed it had hidden in plain sight for decades.
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Scientists Discover 24 New Deep-Sea Species, Including Entirely New Family of Life
Researchers exploring 4,000 meters below the Pacific found two dozen new creatures — one so unique it belongs to a previously unknown branch of the animal kingdom.
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UNESCO Report: Wildlife Thrives in Protected Sites as Global Populations Fall
A landmark UNESCO report finds animal populations inside its 759 Man and Biosphere reserves remain stable, while global wildlife has dropped 73% since 1970.
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The Air Is Full of DNA — And Scientists Are Using It
Researchers are pulling genetic material from thin air to track wildlife, detect invasive species, and monitor entire ecosystems without ever seeing a single animal.
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10% of the World's Ocean Is Now Officially Protected
The UN confirms a milestone in marine conservation: over 10% of the global ocean is under protection, with 5 million sq km added in just two years.
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Tiny Fish Scale a 50-Foot Waterfall in the Congo Basin
Thousands of shellear fish have been filmed climbing a vertical waterfall in the DRC — the first waterfall-climbing species ever documented in Africa.
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Rare Antelope Photographed for First Time on Zanzibar
Camera traps captured the first-ever images of the elusive Pemba blue duiker, a 12-inch-tall antelope not documented in over 20 years.
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Virunga Celebrates Second Set of Gorilla Twins in 3 Months
Nine mountain gorilla births in Q1 2026 — including two rare sets of twins — mark a historic stretch for the endangered species.
Human Achievements
Bird Numbers Surge 261% at Scotland's Rewilding Sites
Analysis of 100+ rewilding sites across Scotland shows bird species up 261%, breeding territories up 546%, and pollinators more than doubled.
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40 Species Including Snowy Owls Now Protected Under Global Pact
From snowy owls to cheetahs, 132 nations agreed to protect 40 new migratory species at a landmark UN summit in Brazil.
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7,000 Glow-in-the-Dark Snails Return to French Polynesia After 30 Years
Once extinct in the wild, luminescent Partula tree snails have been reintroduced to their ancestral islands thanks to a global zoo breeding program spanning three decades.