Issue May 13-19 2026: Costa Rica’s regenerated forests are showing new signs of life, and researchers say the evidence can be heard. A new study led by researchers from ETH Zurich found that forests restored under Costa Rica’s Payment for Ecosystem Services program now sound far more like protected forests than cattle pastures.

Issue May 06-12 2026: Peru participated in the world’s largest birding marathon, with thousands of people taking to the forests, wetlands, and mountains in honor of Global Big Day 2026, an international competition bringing together over 190 countries in a race to record as many species as possible in a single 24-hour period.

Issue May 06-12 2026: A rare species of tree frog is making its presence felt in the Colombian town of Acevedo, located in the humid mountainous region bordering the Amazon. For the first time ever, researchers have managed to record the sound of the frog, called Osteocephalus omega, in the country.

Issue May 06-12 2026: Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean coast is moving into the center of a new community-led coral conservation effort, with a workshop aimed at training local residents to monitor and protect reef ecosystems in Talamanca. The free program combines virtual sessions during May with field work at sea between late May and June,

Issue Apr 22-May 05 2026: A new study revealed that bird populations in tropical forests are affected not only by the size of the forest, but also by the surrounding environment.

Issue Apr 22-May 05 2026: What should be done with 8,000 obsolete computer monitors? During the closing days of 2018, the Uruguayan state-owned company Antel put out a request for the removal, transport, treatment, and disposal of such devices, which house cathode ray tubes containing mercury.

Issue Apr 22-May 05 2026: Colombia is set to enact a new law regarding livestock traceability. The goal is to ensure that the meat reaching plates is not linked to the deforestation currently affecting the country’s key ecosystems, particularly those in the Amazon region.

Issue Apr 15-21 2026: A newly identified tree species in the Andes is drawing global scientific attention, highlighting how much remains unknown about biodiversity in the region’s cloud forests.

Issue Apr 15-21 2026: Colombia’s Ministry of the Environment has rejected a measure seeking to halt the use of euthanasia to control the hippopotamus population in the country.

Issue Apr 15-21 2026: The Supreme Federal Court is facing challenges to environmental protections regarding deforestation on private property.