Jeremy Hance

Tourist shocks onlookers after engaging in ‘disrespectful’ act at ancient Greek site: ‘Crossed the line’ Call him Jerk-ules.

Apollo is coming for this dude. And Apollo don't miss.

The Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier Reef

Could creating clouds help save the doomed Great Barrier Reef? Let's freaking hope so. Great reporting by @ferrisjabr.bsky.social!

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/m...

Dinosaur discovered that killed with its thumbs instead of claws Shri rapax was a small Gobi Desert predator with giant thumb claws. It hunted using grip strength instead of slashing feet.

Now this would be a terrifying addition to the next Jurassic Park film.

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Trump's EPA to repeal finding that climate pollution endangers human health EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency's plan to rescind the finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health.

The land of the insane.

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Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’

Meanwhile...lower down in the @nytimes.com than a wildlife quiz

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...

Will tropical dry forests survive the next 50 years? In 1978, renowned ecologist Dan Janzen jumped into a ravine in Costa Rica, broke three ribs, and spent the first month of the rainy season watching the tropical dry forest from inside a shack. At nigh...

The overlooked tropical ecosystem! Liz Kimbrough explores if topical dry forests can survive the next half century.

The answer? We need to act now.

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Pandemic-era slump in ivory and pangolin scale trafficking persists, report finds A recent report surveying seizures of pangolin scales and elephant ivory over the past decade has found a sharp decline following the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from media reports, public documents...

Some good news.

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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

More horrifying than any horror movie.

I wish I could say "great reporting!" (and it is!), but it's all veiled by terror.

Colossal scientist now admits they haven’t really made dire wolves Despite a huge media fanfare in which Colossal Biosciences claimed to have resurrected the extinct dire wolf, the company's chief scientist now concedes that the animals are merely modified grey wolve...

Not dire wolves. "Grey wolves with 20 [gene] edits."

More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should be fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says

Can't say we weren't warned.

Over and over and over again...Are we going to keep ignoring the warnings?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers The world’s richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over mone...

How is this not a bigger story?

‘Trophies’ shared on social media reveal scale of mass bird slaughter in Lebanon Every year, during the Northern Hemisphere spring and autumn, the skies over Lebanon are dotted with millions of birds on their epic migrations. From soaring Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) ...

Shooting birds en masse doesn't make you a man.

YouTube video by Guardian News Live colossal squid captured on video in wild for first time ever

Oh, I don't know, just a BABY COLOSSAL SQUID.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvpx...

Official confirmation now from USDA terminating the Expanding #Agroforestry Project effective immediately

Amazing they didn’t work “woke” into this disdainful press release that will hobble climate smart ag and hurt actual farmers: www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

How is conservation preparing for a much hotter world? Experts share About 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Cape Town lies the tranquilly-named town of Betty’s Bay in South Africa, home to less than 2,000 people. But it’s not the people that draw Nik Sekhran’s eye...

It's an article that's been MONTHS in the making! How do we help prepare nature for a hotter world? I talked to some of the best conservationists out there to find out for @mongabay.bsky.social . The answers may be surprising!

Link here: news.mongabay.com/2025/04/how-...

The Return of the Dire Wolf Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

HOLY SHIT! THIS IS REAL.

Spain's wild horses in peril, despite key role in wildfire prevention Fire prevention is one of several roles wild horses play in preserving Galicia’s delicate ecosystems. But Europe’s largest herd of wild horses has dwindled to less than half the 22,000 that roamed its mountains in the 1970s.

Only MEGAFAUNA can prevent forest fires.

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Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’

Imagine your life. Cut 40%.

RIP Val Kilmer.

His performance as Doc Holliday in Tombstone is still one of my all time favorites. He exudes charisma and charm and fellowship, all while slowly dying. It's incredible! A true actor's actor.

As US agroforestry grows, federal funding freeze leaves farmers in the lurch Agroforestry, the ancient agricultural system of integrating trees and shrubs with crops and livestock, has seen a revival in recent decades in the U.S. Around the country, agroforestry projects have ...

US farmers depend on a lot of govt programs, so it's hardly surprising that the funding freeze has been impacting some of them – especially the most innovative – hard!

Reporting by Sarah Derouin for @mongabay.bsky.social focusing on programs in agroecology.

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‘Is it “woke” to care about the environment?’: how Trump’s cuts are dismantling global conservation work Hundreds of projects supported by USAID have been thrown into doubt, as fears grow of an increase in crimes such as poaching and trafficking

I gotta say, not a fan of this headline.

(good reporting though)

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Netherlands’ largest forest biomass plant canceled, forest advocates elated Dutch forest campaigners are claiming a significant victory over one of the Netherlands’ top energy providers, Vattenfall, after the company decided in late February to cancel plans to build the natio...

Burning forests for energy is stupid. So, here's some good news! @mongabay.bsky.social

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Beyond reforestation, let’s try ‘proforestation’ Edward Faison, an ecologist, stood quietly in a patch of forest that stretched for miles in all directions. Above him, the needles from white pine trees swayed — common in the Adirondack Forest Preser...

Ever heard of proforestation?

I hadn't either till very recently. Check out what this new idea (or very old!) means and how it could help cool our planet, and preserve our species!

A great new piece by Sruthi Gurudev for @mongabay.bsky.social.

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Can a new DNA test save the world’s rarest turtle? It might sound hyperbolic to say that finding even one female turtle can revive an entire species. However, nothing could be truer for the critically endangered Yangtze softshell turtle, a species for...

If we can find just one female, we could save the turtle god.

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species

Coming for our ecosystems.

It's fun to see that they, too, struggle in the snow.

YouTube video by 11Alive Rare snow leopard sighting in Pakistan

Jaw-dropping.

Most ancient Europeans had dark skin, eyes and hair up until 3,000 years ago, new research finds A new study charts the genetics of skin, hair and eye color in Europe over 45,000 years.

Think of how much pain, suffering and death the human species has inflicted on itself over the concentration in melanin in skin.

Cougar cubs spotted in Michigan wild for first time in more than 100 years A Michigan resident in the western part of the Upper Peninsula recently discovered something not seen in Michigan for more than a century—cougar cubs in the wild.

Some more good news from the world of wildlife recovery – life finds a way (if we let it!).

Link: phys.org/news/2025-03...

Reporting spurs reversal of controversial carbon credit project in Borneo - Environmental Journalism and Education In Malaysian Borneo, Mongabay staff features writer John Cannon exposed a secret, 100-year deal between the Sabah state government and a group of foreign companies intent on selling carbon credits to ...

Impact of nonprofit #journalism 💯

In Borneo, @mongabay.bsky.social reporter @john-cannon.bsky.social exposed a secret carbon offset deal btw state gov't & investors

Indigenous & local communities would've lost rights to 5 million acres of their rainforest

After his report aired, the deal died: