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WHO explains the climate change link to monkeypox
Is the monkeypox outbreak linked to climate change? WHO experts say yes, and it's about habitat loss and human-animal interface.
Plastic waste poses a grave threat to India’s wild elephants
High plastic presence in elephant dung highlights its widespread use near protected habitats and a lack of waste segregation practices.
Hundreds of ‘lost’ vertebrate species have been missing for decades
That most lost species are found in megadiverse tropical countries is worrying because of ongoing extinction rates.
Understanding how corals turn sunscreen into toxins could help save reefs
When corals and sea anemones absorb oxybenzone, their cells turn it into phototoxins, molecules that are harmless in the dark but become toxic under sunlight.
Saving Madagascar’s critically endangered singing lemurs
Yet like all other lemurs, indris are critically endangered and are losing out to habitat loss and poaching.
Intensive agriculture and climate change are threatening insects worldwide
The environmental harms of high-intensity agriculture present a challenge as we try to keep up with food demands.