NEW YORK — When household batteries die, it’s hard to know what to do with them. So they get shoved into a junk drawer or sheepishly thrown into…
Read more You can give old batteries a new life by safely recycling themBAYAHIBE, Dominican Republic — Oxygen tank strapped to his back, Michael del Rosario moves his fins delicately as he glides along an underwater nursery just off the Dominican…
Read more As reefs vanish, assisted coral fertilization offers hope in the Dominican RepublicPOWELL, Ohio — POWELL, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has welcomed its second baby elephant in a single calendar year for the first time in…
Read more Columbus Zoo welcomes second Asian elephant calf this yearArctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and…
Read more Arctic seals and more than half of bird species are in trouble on latest list of threatened speciesIn her 91 years, Jane Goodall transformed science and humanity’s understanding of our closest living relatives on the planet — chimpanzees and other great apes. Her patient fieldwork…
Read more Goodall’s influence spread far and wide. Those who felt it are pledging to continue her workWELLINGTON, New Zealand — WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s…
Read more A raptor with no qualms about eating its opponents wins New Zealand’s annual bird electionAn Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70% of the country’s plant life and an area along Angola’s…
Read more UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves amid biodiversity challenges and climate changeALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A simmering feud over management of one of North America’s longest rivers reached a boiling point when the U.S. Supreme Court sent western states and…
Read more Western states seek to end long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio GrandeSTATE HOUSE, BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey announced on Thursday a plan charting a path forward for the state’s biodiversity conservation goals and pledging to double the pace…
Read more Healey plan would double pace of land protectionCALI, Colombia — After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous…
Read more At U.N. summit, historic agreement to give Indigenous groups voice on nature conservation decisionsBowie State University reached an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that will create more environmental conservation opportunities for students. President Aminta H. Breaux during an…
Read more A new deal to provide more opportunity for students at Bowie State University – WTOP NewsNAIROBI, Kenya — The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for…
Read more The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased tooCHIREDZI, Zimbabwe — Tembanechako Mastick and a group of men scanned bushes near their village in southeast Zimbabwe, on the hunt for the den of hyenas that had…
Read more He once poached the wild animals of Zimbabwe. Now he preaches against itTIAHURA, Tahiti — During their days on Tahiti’s turquoise ocean some years ago, fishers noticed their catches — and the fish inside — were getting smaller. With fishing…
Read more Tahiti’s rahui tradition has helped revive ecosystems — including near the Olympics surfing venueIPSWICH — An endangered species of turtle was caught and released back into the Ipswich River last week after being spotted sitting on the rocks directly below the…
Read more Endangered turtle species found in Ipswich RiverIPSWICH — An endangered species of turtle was caught and released back into the Ipswich River last week after being spotted sitting on the rocks directly below the…
Read more Endangered turtle species found in Ipswich RiverWASHINGTON — China’s panda diplomacy may have one true winner: the pandas themselves. Decades after Beijing began working with zoos in the U.S. and Europe to protect the…
Read more The winner in China’s panda diplomacy: the pandas themselvesMOMBASA, Kenya — Dressed in protective clothing and armed with a smoker, Peter Nyongesa walked through the mangroves to monitor his beehives along the Indian Ocean coastline. The…
Read more Mind the mangroves! Some Kenyans combat the threat of logging with hidden beehivesSANTIAGO, Chile — Hannah, a 13-year-old white rhinoceros, has delivered a newborn calf in a rare zoo birth for the almost endangered species. The arrival of the male…
Read more Newborn white rhino Silverio takes his giant first steps in a Chilean zoo in a boost to his speciesMADRID — Things are looking up for the Iberian lynx. Just over two decades ago, the pointy-eared wild cat was on the brink of extinction, but as of…
Read more The Iberian lynx is back from the brink of extinction, thanks to conservation efforts
