Peru seeks to reclaim its two-time championship title in the global birdwatching competition, Global Big Day, after Colombia took the winning spot last year.

In Colombia, a project called eBird has now made it possible for citizens to view all the birds within the country at the click of a button.

—Researched and Written by Stephanie Mladinich– From plastic bags, to plastic wrappers, and disposable plastic straws, plastic products are abundant throughout the world. Plastics are used casually and disposed of carelessly, making their ways into the Earth’s oceans. Scientists from around the world investigate the implications of plastic pollution from the Pacific Ocean to the

As part of an energy reform, Mexico created the National Agency for Industrial Security and Protection of the Environment from the Hydrocarbon Sector (ASEA), prompting concerns about the agency’s impartiality.

For the sixth year in a row, Larach & Compañía is spearheading its initiative for ecological education in Honduras.

The southern Honduran city of Choluteca is once again suffering under an intense drought affecting its 200,000 residents and the local farming sector, which cannot use water from the Choluteca River as before since it has been under a private use concession for years.

The water of Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, arrives via the Río Bogotá, one of the country’s most polluted rivers.

Mexico’s rich biodiversity makes it one of the five most megadiverse countries in the world.

It is well known that great damage to natural, pre-existing ecosystems can be done when any non-native species of plant or animal is introduced.

—Researched and Written by Stephanie Mladinich– The dry season during the summer in Central America provides many challenges. With high temperatures and strong winds that overlap with the clearing of land for agricultural use, plumes of smoke seen from satellites indicate the intensity of widespread forest loss throughout the region.