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Forget Jack and the giant beanstalk...this is Marin, and the rainforest-protecting beanstalk.

Small find, big news. At around 7mm in length, this tiny forest-dwelling frog no bigger than a housefly has been confirmed to be living in the rainforests of Wabumari, Milne Bay by Dr Chris Dahl, working with consultant Kenneth Pomoh…

Today is Bee Day. We could have rattled off countless, eye-roll worthy puns, jokes and wordplay, but where would that get us? You wouldn’t know about Cool Earth beekeeping projects happening globally right now or the hives that get people…

Plant a tree for Her Majesty.

The biodiversity crisis is rapidly becoming as big an issue as climate change. And without biodiversity, there is no future for humanity. We are at risk of losing species before they have even been discovered.

It’s difficult to imagine Earth without the millions of species that make up our ecosystems, but mass extinction of wildlife is a very real threat. The rate at which the climate is changing is outpacing the speed…

Humans have lived in the Amazon rainforest much longer than previously thought, and even helped enrich its biodiversity. Stonehenge-like structures, 2,000 years old, have been discovered in Acre state in the western Brazilian Amazon. Swansea University’s Dr Neil Loader…

In the forests of Western Ghats in India, scientists have discovered a surprising new mating position in a group of frogs, one that has never been reported before[footnote ftnt_no=”1″]. While mating, most male frogs mount and hug their…

Papua New Guinea has extremely high biodiversity. The total number of different plants and animals in Papua New Guinea is not accurately known but almost certainly exceeds 200,000 species. Scientists estimate that more than half the plants and animals found…