TemporaryScientists Find Over 50% Of Earth’s Rivers Dry Out Seasonally but Still Sustain Biodiversity Non-perennial rivers provide critical resources but are "excluded from management actions and conservation laws as they are simply overlooked." By Aditi Murti
The Prodigal TortoiseA Giant Tortoise Thought Extinct For More Than 100 Years Was Found in the Galápagos The number of tortoises has significantly declined in the islands due to whaling and other high-risk activities. By Aditi Murti
Giant Leap for Bird-KindEarth is Home To 50 Billion Birds, Scientists Find. The Discovery Can Help Conservation Efforts "By properly counting what’s out there, we learn what species might be vulnerable and can track how these patterns change over time." By Devrupa Rakshit
Learning to CareForming a Connection With Nature Is Key To Protecting It. Can Citizen Science Initiatives Lead the Way? As the ecological landscape deteriorates, an informed public can facilitate good governance around environmental policies. By Akhila Vijayaraghavan
No Songs For LoversBirds Learn Mating Calls From Older Birds. But What Happens When Older Birds Have Died Out? The survival of an endangered songbird species is further threatened because so few of its adults remain to teach love songs. By Aditi Murti
Getting The GreenWomen Around the World Are Excluded From Decision‑Making About Environmental Conservation: Study Evidence suggests women's involvement in conservation efforts leads to better outcomes for the environment. By Liesl Goecker
Hidden UnderbellyNASA Spots ‘Gold Rivers’ in Amazon, Reveals Illegal Gold Mining Pits An increase in gold prices has set off a gold rush, giving rise to thousands of illegal mining sites in the Amazon rainforest. By Rajvi Desai
Paving ParadiseNITI Aayog Is Planning to Urbanize Little Andaman as a Rival to Hong Kong, Singapore Conservationists worry the development -- which will include an airport, casinos, a convention center, and more -- will destroy the island's fragile ecosystem. By Satviki Sanjay
Rocks For SaleRajasthan’s Wildlife Board Rezones Protected Forest to Allow Mining of Unique Sandstone The move comes after pressure from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad to free the raw material needed for building the Ram temple in Ayodhya. By Satviki Sanjay
A Game Between Big CatsIndia’s Cheetah Reintroduction Plan Is Fraught With Political Symbolism, Short on Scientific Rigor The very idea of cheetah reintroduction belies a heroic, political symbolism aimed at boosting a sense of national pride and identity. By Sonakshi Srivastava
Eye In The SkySatellites Are Transforming Elephant Conservation, Anti‑Poaching Efforts Scientists are using machine learning to create programs that can track animal populations from space. By Rajvi Desai
Cause CélèbreScientists Say Ill‑Informed Celebrity Conservation Advocacy Jeopardizes Wildlife Habitats, Livelihoods Across Africa Popular efforts to ban trophy hunting ignore the activity's positive ripple effects for endangered animals, experts say. By Aditi Murti
Popularity ContestAnimals With ‘Charisma’ Get More Conservation Funding Than Those Perceived as Boring or Unattractive, Report Finds Brown bears, wolves, Eurasian lynxes, and bitterns win the popularity contest. By Rajvi Desai
Toading The LineScientists Use IVF to Try to Save an Endangered Species of Toad The baby toad, conceived using frozen sperm, is named Olaf, after the snowman character in 'Frozen.' By Devrupa Rakshit
