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An underwater scene featuring various bleached coral formations and marine plants.

Tech

Ocean water has turned 30% more acidic, threatening oysters, clams, and coral reefs

Two giant African snails.

Tech

Teachers clear giant African snails daily as infestation spreads beyond farms in India

A cicada on a leaf.

Tech

Iowa study warns 13- and 17-year cicadas may disappear before forests can recover

Cape Coral, Florida.

Business

Florida developers fined $34,000, ordered to restore shoreline after illegal mangrove clearing

A large pile of harvested fish on a trailer with vehicles in the background.

Tech

Hundreds of tons of fish die at Hungary fishponds as drought drains protected wetland

A serene landscape featuring a forested area next to a calm body of water.

Outdoors

Cambodia resident says timber trucks are hauling forest cleared for dam reservoir in national park

A path lined with purple heather.

Tech

Estonia warns earthworm-eating 'ocher flatworm' may hitchhike in potted plants

A rock with numerous small snails and a penny for scale.

Outdoors

Invasive snails that clone themselves identified in Colorado lake, triggering boat checks

Cheetahs at the Chester Zoo.

Outdoors

UK pipeline route would rip through Chester Zoo wildlife habitat, executive says

A young petrel seabird sitting among rocks and sea grass.

Tech

Even small bites of ocean plastic can alter seabird chick growth, study finds

A porcupine holds a piece of food while perched on a branch.

Tech

Study finds 60% of new species specimen discovered in Global South are archived in wealthy nations

Several labeled plastic containers with dirt or substrates placed on a green surface.

Tech

Hong Kong customs stops 68-year-old woman allegedly smuggling over a pound of live beetles