By Dave van Beuningen & Rhett Bennett | June 8, 2022 The global trade in shark and ray products remains strong, and although much is legal and conducted through legitimate channels, this trade is also characterized by underreporting, hidden and illegal shipments, and a sinister underworld. Globally this trade (which…

By Diego Montecino | May 19, 2022 Human-caused changes in the planet’s ecology over the past two centuries have destroyed wildlife habitat, promoted the introduction of species, and created opportunities for pathogens to interact with new hosts. …

By Natalie Cash and Vanessa Garrison | May 7, 2022 The first step to liberation and healing begins with a walk. This year, GirlTrek mobilized Black women across the world to walk 2.22 miles to commemorate and celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of legendary Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist…

By Jonathan Palmer | April 8, 2022 Technology investments are inherently risky. For a quarter of a century, the Standish Group — an IT advisory firm — has produced the Chaos Report, an evaluation of IT project success rates. Much has changed in technology over 25 years, but one thing…

By Daniel Zarin | March 21, 2022 For more than four billion years of its history, the earth was a world without forests. Before those forests emerged, the earth’s atmosphere contained ten times as much carbon-dioxide, and just half the oxygen, and the average surface temperature on the planet was…

By Luke Warwick | March 9, 2022 The commercial trade in shark and ray parts is valued at a billion dollars annually, but until recently it has been poorly regulated, driving these slow growing predators towards oblivion. With 37 percent of almost 1,100 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras recently…

By Michel Masozera and Arnaud Goessens | February 9, 2022 Africa is home to a vast and rich natural capital, including outstanding biodiversity and numerous important marine, forest, grassland, wetland and freshwater ecosystems. …

By Camila Ferrara & German Forero-Medina | January 10, 2022 During September and November of this year, over 80,000 females of the Giant South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) arrived on the sand banks of the Guaporé River, along the Bolivia-Brazil border, to nest. …

Can what we eat positively impact both people and the planet? — By Nicholas Spencer | January 7, 2022 We have seen increasing evidence of the intrinsic link between what we eat and the health of our planet, with unsustainable food production being a significant driver of the global climate and biodiversity crises. …