Environmental Protection
World Sparrow Day seeks to save the embattled little birds
"If we can’t save sparrows, how can we save tigers?"
China’s new park, new plans to protect world’s highest peak
China has announced plans for “Third Pole National Parks,” a system of conservation areas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
A brutal attack highlights the plight of wild orangutans
Hope was stabbed repeatedly and shot 74 times by an air rifle.
Scientists remain despondent about popular perceptions of climate change
How often do you hear a climate scientist say: “We're doomed. It’s time to party”? Hopefully, not too often.
Yet another whale is dead because of plastic waste
An emaciated Cuvier's beaked whale was discovered in the Davao Gulf floundering and vomiting blood.
Our climate mitigation efforts will need to be ocean friendly
Nutrients released by agriculture can leak into waterways and affect the global water cycle.