Tullis Matson, who set up a wildlife conservation charity, is one of seven people to get the award.

This summer has seen hot weather records broken, drought and major damage from fires.

Woolston Eyes, near Warrington, is home to the largest black-necked grebe population in the UK.

Three male African wild dogs in Zambia have travelled more than 4,000 kilometers, about 2,500 miles, in search of new territory and mates, according to a new study. This nine-month odyssey, about half the distance between Cairo and Cape Town, reveals how these endangered animals connect populations and ecosystems that are far apart within Southern

The project involves sharks in Kent's waters being tagged so that scientists can gain vital data.

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Reds, yellows, and oranges are already sweeping across tundra landscapes in Nunavut. The post An Early Look at Fall Color in Canada appeared first on NASA Science.

Conservationists say connecting existing protected areas through biodiversity corridors is vital in many landscapes to prevent further loss of species and habitats. Yet the households living inside conservation areas often face stark financial tradeoffs associated with lost access to resources, sometimes making new designations controversial. A recent study from the rugged mountains of central Vietnam,

Twenty years ago, scientist and Mongabay board member Debby Ng joined a team documenting life at Terumbu Bayan, a coral reef south of Singapore that was about to be reclaimed. There she encountered a pair of false clownfish living in an anemone. The mother was unusually aggressive, even for a species known to be feisty.

A new report warns Himalayan glaciers are melting faster, threatening India’s water, economy and communities.

A new report warns Himalayan glaciers are melting faster, threatening India’s water, economy and communities.

The BOOP! mission was launched on a scientific balloon from NASA’s launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, at 8:03 a.m. MDT (10:03 a.m. EDT) on Sept. 13, 2026. This is the second year for NASA’s Balloon Program Office’s Balloon Optimization Opportunity Payload, or BOOP!, which allows multiple technology instruments to be tested during flight for future missions.  The mission carried experiments to test compact tools for future planetary exploration, The post Fourth Balloon of NASA Scientific Balloon Campaign Launches appeared first on NASA Science.

Officers plan to meet with a complainant in the coming days over the dredging at St Aubin's Bay.

Bangor University researchers say the scale of damage is far greater than what is immediately visible.

Bangor University researchers say the scale of damage is far greater than what is immediately visible.

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From meteor showers to a November supermoon, there are a number of impressive sights to behold in the autumn night sky.

From meteor showers to a November supermoon, there are a number of impressive sights to behold in the autumn night sky.

KMT-2025-BLG-2272L b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a Unknown-type star. Its mass is 2.47 Jupiters, it takes 9.7 years to complete one orbit of its star, and is 3.89 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2026. The post KMT-2025-BLG-2272L b appeared first on NASA Science.

KMT-2025-BLG-0030L b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a Unknown-type star. Its mass is 1.15 Jupiters, it takes 4.7 years to complete one orbit of its star, and is 2.35 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2026. The post KMT-2025-BLG-0030L b appeared first on NASA Science.

KMT-2025-BLG-0026L b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a Unknown-type star. Its mass is 2.13 Jupiters, it takes 1.4 years to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.96 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2026. The post KMT-2025-BLG-0026L b appeared first on NASA Science.

OGLE-2016-BLG-0261L b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a Unknown-type star. Its mass is 0.21 Jupiters, it takes 2.3 years to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.72 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2026. The post OGLE-2016-BLG-0261L b appeared first on NASA Science.

HD 715 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a F-type star. Its mass is 0.635 Jupiters, it takes 56.4 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.336 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2026. The post HD 715 b appeared first on NASA Science.

HD 278555 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a F-type star. Its mass is 0.84 Jupiters, it takes 28.8 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.1985 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2026. The post HD 278555 b appeared first on NASA Science.

COLOMBO —  As dusk settled over the paddy fields at Puwakpitiya, a village on the northern edge of Knuckles Mountain Range locally known as Dumbara mountains in Central Sri Lanka, researchers began laying traps along the uneasy boundary between farmland and forest. They were targeting small terrestrial mammals moving through the landscape. On the ground,

Winemakers can produce bubbly up to 15% ABV following an unusual harvest that produced sweeter grapes.

Winemakers can produce bubbly up to 15% ABV following an unusual harvest that produced sweeter grapes.

MADRE DE DIOS, Peru — In Madre de Dios, in the Peruvian Amazon, thousands of people depend on gold mining, while the spread of mercury and deforestation are transforming the country’s most biodiverse tropical forest. In La Pampa, one of the region’s main gold mining hubs, a formalized artisanal mining operation is trying to prove

Once prevalent across the UK, this mollusc is now only found in one lake in Wales.

Once prevalent across the UK, this mollusc is now only found in one lake in Wales.

More than 500 people have invaded Brazil’s Ituna/Itatá Indigenous Land in recent weeks, opening illegal roads, setting deliberate fires and threatening federal agents. The area is home to the Igarapé Ipiaçava Indigenous people who live in voluntary isolation with no contact with outsiders. On Aug. 26, a federal court ordered the government to deploy the

Several years of severe drought are forcing people to leave their homes in Angola to search for water and food in neighboring Namibia. “There is real hunger and thirst here; that’s why the village has become depopulated,” Nghikembua (not his real name), who lives in Cunene Province in southern Angola, told Amnesty International in 2021.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal court on Friday ruled that the Energy Department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan coal-fired power to stay open past its scheduled retirement date last year. Energy Secretary Chris Wright had said the 64-year-old J.H. Campbell plant was needed to ensure

Mozambique has formally protected Mount Mabu, a hotspot of endemic wildlife and home to more than 200 species of butterflies, located in the Lugela district of northern Mozambique. The decree, published on Aug. 24 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries, created the 9,341-hectare (23,082-acre) Mount Mabu Community Conservation Area, with stewardship of the

Every year, billions of birds take to the skies, responding to changing seasons, navigating to breeding sites or escaping the cold of winter. The newest edition of BirdLife International’s State of the World’s Birds report says 45% of migratory bird species are in decline — 11% are threatened with extinction, the authors write. Launched at

Nine dolphin species, and several more subspecies and local populations, are currently critically endangered or endangered, according to the most recent assessment by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority. September 12 marks World Dolphin Day, an awareness day created in 2022 by marine conservation nonprofit Sea Shepherd to bring attention to the threats that

Angola faces severe environmental challenges, and the govern has signed international commitments, such as the Montreal Protocol and the Kigali Amendment, to phase out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) by 2030 and cut hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 80% by 2045. However, climate crises such as prolonged droughts affecting the country’s southern region, soil degradation, and floods caused by heavy

How do you search for the world’s smallest monkey? Earlier this year, Nicolás Schuldt Durán took on this task after he was approached by members of an Indigenous community in Ecuador. Ever since, he’s been tapping into the knowledge of the Siekopai people and combining it with passive acoustic monitoring technology to look for pygmy

The actor urged MPs to back a national testing programme to make sure historic toxic dump sites were safe.

Nigerian conservationist Rachel Ikemeh has been named the 2026 Rolex Award laureate, for her work with communities in the Niger Delta to protect the region’s ecology and the critically endangered Niger Delta red colobus monkey. The red colobus (Piliocolobus epieni), a monkey known as epieni by the region’s communities, is listed as one of the