Brazil, known for its lush Amazon rainforest and vast ecosystems, is home to the greatest biodiversity of monkeys on the planet. This South American country boasts an impressive variety of primates, ranging from small marmosets to imposing howler monkeys,...
The Portuguese archipelago of Madeira has been the stage for a remarkable conservation effort aiming to reverse centuries of ecological damage. The protagonists of this story are the population of small land snails, no bigger than a pea, that...
The concept of ecocide is not new, but since 2021 it has a legal definition: "any unlawful or arbitrary act that is committed knowingly with a large probability of causing damage to the environment, which could be serious, extensive,...
A Chinese scientist went viral for an original inspiration that drove him. He named spider species after pop songs. Specifically, he defined the names based on songs by Jay Chou, the popular "Mandopop" artist, a Chinese subgenre.
While the article...
The Mesopotamian region of Argentina, which includes the provinces of Misiones, Corrientes, and Entre RÃos, is characterized by a rich biodiversity. This territory is delimited by the Iguazú River to the north, the Paraná River to the south and...
The company **Microsoft** has recently introduced **SPARROW**, an innovative tool that uses Artificial Intelligence to search, quantify, and protect the **biodiversity of the planet**, allowing access to even the most remote locations.
The biodiversity of the planet is rapidly decreasing,...
The Red Cross has launched the Amazon Alliance, a program created to address the growing threats of the climate crisis, natural disasters, and biodiversity loss in this ecosystem.
The initiative brings together the national societies of the organization in Bolivia,...
A scientific expedition carried out in the Alto Mayo forest, a region of great biodiversity in the Peruvian Amazon influenced by human activities, revealed the discovery of 27 new species. Among the findings stand out an amphibious mouse, a...
