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This handout photo obtained on July 25, 2025, courtesy of Re:wild shows a Barbados threadsnake in March 2025. A snake so small it could be mistaken for a worm has been spotted in Barbados, nearly two decades after it was thought to have been “lost“ to science. The Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae) was found hiding under a rock in central Barbados during an ecological survey in March 2025 by the Barbados Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification and Re:wild, a conservation group.
This handout photo obtained on July 25, 2025, courtesy of Re:wild shows a Barbados threadsnake in March 2025. A snake so small it could be mistaken for a worm has been spotted in Barbados, nearly two decades after it was thought to have been “lost“ to science. The Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae) was found hiding under a rock in central Barbados during an ecological survey in March 2025 by the Barbados Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification and Re:wild, a conservation group.
Environment

World's smallest snake makes big comeback

A snake so small it could be mistaken for a worm has been spotted in Barbados, nearly two decades after it was thought to have been "lost" to science.

1 week ago
Environment

World's major courts take growing role in climate fight

Almost 3,000 climate cases have been filed up to the end of 2024, in nearly 60 countries, according to the Grantham Research Institute, using data compiled by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

2 weeks ago
Environment

Start-up captures coolants to stop global warming

Recoolit began working in Indonesia in 2021 to tackle what it considers an often-overlooked contributor to climate change: refrigerants.

3 weeks ago

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Asia & Pacific

Australia denies permission for coal mine near Great Barrier Reef

The Central Queensland Coal owned mine is in the Styx Coal Basin, just off the coast of central Queensland.

2 years ago
Environment

Protecting 30 percent of oceans a huge challenge for the planet

How do we go from protecting eight percent of marine areas to 30 percent in less than 10 years? This question is at the heart of a global forum in Canada this weekend.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm

As devastating storms pounded California, nature lovers feared for endangered monarch butterflies that winter there as part of a seemingly magical migration pattern.

2 years ago
Archipelago

Sumatran tiger captured in Aceh after second human attack

It comes after two separate tiger attacks in the same Sumatran town over the past week left at least four people seriously injured.

2 years ago
Environment

Relentless sex drive may threaten survival of quolls

For male northern quolls, sex is a death sentence.

2 years ago
Entertainment

Politics, cash, fame: what motivates climate change deniers

Experts interviewed by AFP outlined six key things that motivate people to deny climate change or seek to delay action.

2 years ago
Environment

Climate disinfo surges in denial, conspiracy comeback

Popular topics included the false claims that CO2 does not cause climate change or that global warming is not caused by human activity, said Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), a coalition of campaigners, in a report.

2 years ago
Society premium

EU's green policy a priority for ASEAN

The EU's ambassadors to Indonesia and ASEAN emphasized that the bloc would continue to pursue diplomatic means to establish productive and sustainable cooperation in Southeast Asia.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Venice recruits next generation in flooding fight

As rising waters fuel fears that Venice may one day be entirely submerged, local children are being educated on how to protect the lagoon.

2 years ago
Academia

3 ways Indonesia could make 2023 a turning point in its clean energy transition

As we enter 2023, Indonesia should focus on more radical action for its energy transition. 

2 years ago
Society premium

Indonesia receives $103.65 million climate change, biodiversity fund

Indonesia has received US$ 103.65 million of funding allocated for programs related to biodiversity, climate change and land degradation from the multilateral environmental fund Global Environment Facility.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Sustainable influencers take on fast fashion

Content creators are promoting sustainable fashion online and seeking to expose the environmental damage caused by huge fashion firms like Shein, H&M and Zara. 

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Jakarta aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

Both Jakarta’s government and its people join hands to reduce carbon emissions in the city.

2 years ago
Archipelago premium

Police probe deadly clash at nickel smelter

Police are investigating a protest over labor safety that turned violent at a nickel-smelting factory in Central Sulawesi’s North Morowali regency on Saturday, which left at least two workers dead, including a foreign national.

2 years ago
Regulations premium

Coal gasification ‘no easy feat’, say industry players

Zero-percent coal royalty may not suffice to answer Indonesia coal downstream ambitions with said there were many unnoticed challenges that the government may need to take into account. 

2 years ago
Society premium

Environmentalists slam RI-Malaysia palm oil pledge

Environmentalists have criticized Indonesia and Malaysia’s pledge to fight “discrimination” against palm oil, saying it puts the countries’ commitment to halting deforestation into question.

2 years ago
Regulations premium

Malaysia says it could stop palm oil exports to EU after new curbs

Commodities Minister Fadillah Yusof said Malaysia and Indonesia would discuss the law, which bans sale of palm oil and other commodities linked to deforestation unless importers can show that production of their specific goods has not damaged forests.

2 years ago
Environment

Scientists sound alarm as ocean temperatures hit new record

The world's oceans, which have absorbed most of the excess heat caused by humanity's carbon pollution, continued to see record-breaking temperatures last year.

2 years ago
Academia

There is no livable planet without the ocean

The private sector can play a massive role in driving and catalyzing the changes that are needed to rebuild and regenerate an ailing ocean.

2 years ago
Economy

Indonesia and Malaysia agree to fight "discrimination" against palm oil

The comments by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo followed a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who was making his first overseas trip since being elected last November. 

2 years ago
Archipelago premium

Govt to build more wildlife crossings in infrastructure development

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said more wildlife crossings would be constructed across the archipelago in order to reduce disruption to wildlife conservation and protected species.

2 years ago
Environment

Coral bleaching causing 'unnecessary' fish fights

With the future of the world's coral reefs threatened by climate change, a team of researchers studied how a mass bleaching event affected 38 species of butterflyfish.

2 years ago
Academia

The need for better protection of Malaysia’s forests

Learning from past experience, the government moves to fortify existing legislation to prevent exploitation and destruction of rainforests.

2 years ago
Society premium

Higher forest fires risk as Indonesia heads to potentially dry 2023

The government is expecting that this year will be drier compared to the past three years, which might translate to higher risk of forest fires than the previous years.

2 years ago
Environment

Cambodian leader orders Mekong safe zones to save rare dolphins

Cambodian premier Hun Sen on Monday ordered the creation of conservation zones on the Mekong river to protect critically endangered dolphins.

2 years ago
Environment

Waste not want not: Santiago's poorest district plants recycling seed

For nearly two decades, the residents of Santiago's poorest neighborhood have been pioneers of recycling in Chile -- South America's largest garbage generator.

2 years ago
Academia

China’s modernization and ecological governance

In the land of China today, the “endangered” giant panda has been downgraded to "vulnerable". 

2 years ago
Markets

EU 'welcomes' access in US green subsidies

The US Inflation Reduction Act contains around $370 billion in subsidies for green energy, as well as tax cuts for US-made electric cars and batteries.

2 years ago
Environment premium

They survived the hunters: now king penguins face climate change

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the thousands of king penguins that densely congregate on the remote Possession Island each year now face a new threat: climate change.

2 years ago
Environment

'It just dies': Yellow-band disease ravages Thailand's coral reefs

Underneath the calm turquoise waters off eastern Thailand, a rapidly spreading disease is killing corals over vast stretches of the sea floor.

2 years ago