The initiative aims to protect areas recognized as World Natural Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves through the Heritage ...

Mexico boasts the world's highest snake diversity with 438 species, thriving in its varied ecosystems from deserts to ...

After devastating wildfires scorched the Brazilian Pantanal, an unexpected phenomenon unfolded—more jaguars began arriving at ...

Canada is home to a quarter of the world’s remaining wetlands. Despite decades of efforts, wetlands continue to be under ...

Last July, excavators and woodchippers appeared on a 7-acre wild thicket of kiawe trees near Kīhei that serves as a crucial habitat for the endangered Hawaiian Hoary Bats during pupping season.

One wetland that typically dries completely is a vernal pool. These wetlands hold water early in the growing season and then ...

From Marco Island to Cape Coral, map reveals 42,000 acres of wetlands gone amid development surge - bad news for flooding, ...

A new report finds that up to 20% of the world’s wetlands could be lost in the next 25 years. The “Global Wetland Outlook 2025,” produced under the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty ...

A major new report released July 15th warns that wetlands, among the world’s most valuable yet most threatened ecosystems, are vanishing faster than any other natural system. However, it also offers a ...

The world has lost 411 million hectares of wetlands, the equivalent of half a billion football pitches, and a quarter of the remaining wetlands are now classified as in a state of degradation, ...

In south-west Brazil, the Pantanal stretches as far as the eye can see, between flooded plains, lush forests and stunning wildlife. Let’s take a tour of this giant wetland, the largest in the world.

Taking both counties together, "there has been 22% loss of wetlands between 1999 and 2023," says the Conservancy's Senior Environmental Planning Specialist Julianne Thomas, who led the mapping effort.