Andrew Wight

Researchers have documented conflict between between a tapir and a dog in Mexico, highlighting the impact of encroaching human settlement on this living fossil species.

Researchers from Chile have been investigating a “red tide” Heterosigma akashiwo algal bloom in early April 2024 — possibly caused by a changing climate.

A data scientist from Mali is part of a team using machine learning to help forecast —and hopefully prevent — devastating locust swarms in West Africa’s Sahel region.

Indigenous conservationists are helping to save the Red Siskin (Spinus cucullatusa) — an endangered little red bird — after it was “discovered” there in 2000.

Researchers in Cameroon are aiming to use the red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus spp.) as both a standard-bearer for conservation and a barometer of forest health.

India may be famous for tea, but in the Araku region, researchers, an NGO and indigenous farmer organisations are working to produce coffee and restoring soils.

Cave ecostourism is creating jobs in Colombia, but it could also be impacting on guácharos (known as oilbirds; Steatornis caripensis), a nocturnal, fruit-eating bird.

A marine biologist from Brazil is studying the microscopic zooxanthellae algae that live within coral to see to what extent it can help reefs bounce back from bleaching.

Women scientists and conservationists are combining conservation with fashion in India to save Greater Adjutant Storks (Leptoptilos dubius) known locally as Hargilas.

A research team at a startup is using computer modelling to work out the best advice for farmers in India to increase their rice crop while reducing inputs and emissions.