Deforestation in Colombia’s Amazonas Department – credit: Lowfill Tarmak, via Flickr. It’s 42% of Colombia’s territory. It’s 7% of the total Amazon Rainforest. It’s the same size as Sweden, and it’s now free from future oil and mineral extraction. The news that half a million square kilometers of territory in the Amazon biome of Colombia … Read more
A camera trap photo of the leopard – supplied by SANparks For an astonishing 170 years, there hasn’t been a leopard sighting on the western coast of South Africa. That recently changed when South Africa National Parks (SANparks) published a camera trap photograph of a leopard in West Coast NP, showing how the elusive predator … Read more
The Megachile lucifer – credit, Dr. Kit Prendergast She’s got devil-like horns, but she ain’t after your soul: she’s only looking for pollen. She’s Megachile lucifer, a new species of solitary bee identified in Western Australia’s Goldfields region by a team of scientists inspecting a rare wildflower habitat. She’s also the first new bee species added to … Read more
Azores, Portugal by Raphael Lopes / Unsplash+ Governments and conservation NGOs celebrated the passing of a resolution to create the world’s most ambitious marine sanctuary. Cleverly-named “Macronesia,” the area in the northeastern Atlantic would protect 32 species of whales and dolphins, making it one of the most significant migratory routes on Earth. The announcement followed … Read more