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Mozambique has created the 9,341-hectare Mount Mabu Community Conservation Area in the north, formally protecting a forest known for endemic wildlife and more than 200 butterfly taxa. Local communities that have kept it standing will lead stewardship; a management plan will outline detailed rules.

Mozambique grants formal protection to Mount Mabu forest

Mozambique grants formal protection to Mount Mabu forest

13.09.2026

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15.05.2026

Condition gets a new name — transforming care for 170 million women

After 11 years, surveys of 22,000 people, and collaboration across 56 organisations, PCOS has been officially renamed PMOS — polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome. The old name implied ovarian cysts that don't exist, delaying diagnosis in up to 70% of cases. The new name reflects the true hormonal and metabolic nature of the condition affecting 1 in 8 women worldwide.

15.05.2026

Irish 18-year-old wins Earth Prize for bioplastic that cleans up microplastics

Ayra Satheesh from Ireland won the European Earth Prize 2026 — the world's largest youth environmental competition — for Eco Purge, a biodegradable plastic that releases enzymes as it breaks down, actively removing microplastics from soil, freshwater, and saltwater. She developed it while still in school, collaborating with researchers at UCD Dublin and ATU Letterkenny.

15.05.2026

Nigeria overhauls wildlife law to target trafficking networks across three continents

Nigeria passed a sweeping new wildlife bill replacing outdated, contradictory laws with a single framework covering elephants, pangolins, sea turtles, and primates. Between 2012 and 2021, only 11 wildlife cases reached court and just 3 ended in convictions. The new law enables financial and phone record investigations to pursue trafficking network organizers, not just couriers.

15.05.2026

Singapore scientists make solar cells 10,000x thinner than a human hair

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have created perovskite solar cells that are 50 times thinner than conventional versions, semi-transparent, and color-neutral, so they can be integrated into windows, glass façades, and car windshields without changing their appearance, turning buildings into power generators.

15.05.2026

Study: Video games support children’s well-being, not just their screen time

A UK study of 20 families published in Reading Research Quarterly found that children aged 7–12 use their whole bodies while gaming — expressing emotion, solving problems, and building connections. Researchers argue video games foster both pleasure and a sense of accomplishment, and should be recognised as a complex form of digital literacy that actively supports children's well-being.

15.05.2026

Japan’s Osaka High Court rules non-binary identities deserve legal recognition

In a landmark ruling, Japan's Osaka High Court found that the koseki — the national family registration system — violates constitutional equality by offering only "male" and "female" options. The court stated that gender identity is "directly linked to an individual's personal existence," setting a constitutional precedent that could drive nationwide reform.

13.05.2026

Conch-shaped device calms children before scary hospital visits

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13.05.2026

80% of UK millionaires want to pay higher taxes, new polling shows

A survey of over 500 UK millionaires by Patriotic Millionaires UK found that 80% support a 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million, 76% support higher taxes on their own wealth for a more equal society, and 75% of the general public agrees. A 2% tax on wealth above £10 million would raise an estimated £24 billion a year.

13.05.2026

New drug nearly doubles survival in pancreatic cancer’s deadliest cases

A phase 3 trial found that daraxonrasib — a once-daily oral drug targeting the KRAS mutation present in 90% of pancreatic tumors — nearly doubled median survival when combined with chemotherapy. Stanford oncologists called it "truly earth-shattering." The FDA has flagged it as a high-priority therapy and fast-tracked its review.

13.05.2026

Kenyan teens build exhaust filter from maize and coconut that cuts emissions by 93%

Fredrick Njoroge Kariuki and Miron Onsarigo, both 17 and from Kiambu county, Kenya, built HewaSafi — Swahili for "clean air" — an exhaust filter made from coconut shells, maize cobs, copper, steel mesh, and spirulina algae. Tested on Nairobi minibuses, it cuts PM2.5 particulates by 93.3% and costs $126, versus $390 for existing filters. They just won the Africa region Earth Prize.

11.05.2026

Kenya’s “ghost of the forest” is back — with a plan to reach 750 in the wild

The mountain bongo, absent from Kenya's forests since 1994, is being reintroduced at the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy in Nanyuki. The first 10 were released into the wild in 2022; the conservancy now holds 102, recently joined by four males from European zoos to diversify the gene pool. The target is 750 wild bongos by 2050.

11.05.2026

Indigenous-managed lands match or outperform national parks on conservation

The largest study of its kind analyzed 111 peer-reviewed papers across the Amazon, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Canada. Three-quarters found Indigenous lands equal or better than protected areas for forests, biodiversity, and carbon storage. In Brazil, native vegetation loss was 17 times lower on Indigenous lands than on similar unprotected areas.

11.05.2026

UK startup launches phone repair kit for adults too scared to try it themselves

Team Repair, a British education company founded by Imperial College London engineers, has launched its first adult STEM kit — a dummy smartphone that guides users step-by-step through battery replacement, screen repair, and precision screwwork, without risking their real device. A survey found the biggest barrier to repair was fear of breaking their own phone.

11.05.2026

Hand-painted decoys are luring endangered seabirds back to lost habitats

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11.05.2026

Scientists build a non-toxic water battery that survives 120,000 charge cycles

Investigadores de China y Hong Kong desarrollaron una batería de base acuosa que utiliza sales de magnesio y calcio — los mismos minerales del suero del tofu — como electrolito. Completa 120.000 ciclos de carga, no contiene materiales inflamables y cumple con los estándares de seguridad para su eliminación y está diseñada para almacenamiento de energía renovable a escala de red eléctrica.

11.05.2026

Australia creates nearly 5,000 km² Great Koala National Park in New South Wales

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07.05.2026

Europe’s first elephant sanctuary opens in Portugal

Europe’s first large-scale elephant sanctuary is opening in Portugal’s Alentejo region, where former circus and zoo elephants will live in wide natural habitats instead of enclosures. The first residents, Julie from Portugal and Kariba from Belgium, will roam, bathe and socialise across protected land designed entirely around animal welfare.

07.05.2026

Washington state records highest gray wolf numbers yet

Gray wolf populations in Washington state, US, reached a new record in 2025, with at least 230 wolves across 43 packs. Wildlife officials also confirmed successful breeding pairs in more regions, showing the species is steadily reclaiming habitat. Conservation work with ranchers and tribal nations has helped support coexistence as recovery expands.