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News spotlight: Sea creatures could harbor the next generation of medications, but are they at risk?
Editor’s note: News about conservation and the environment is made every day, but some of it can fly under the radar. In a recurring feature, Conservation News shares a recent news story that you should know about. Forests have long yielded lifesaving medicines. From cancer drugs like vincristine to quinine for malaria, about a quarter…
News spotlight: Report warns of growing human toll as planet warms
Last year was the hottest on record — sparking major climate disasters across the globe. More than 150 “unprecedented” heatwaves, floods and storms left a trail of destruction that included lost lives, destroyed infrastructure and decimated crops, Damian Carrington reported for The Guardian. A record 800,000 people were displaced and left without a home as…
News spotlight: Humanity barreling toward ‘irreversible’ climate tipping points
Editor’s note: News about conservation and the environment is made every day, but some of it can fly under the radar. In a recurring feature, Conservation News shares a recent news story that you should know about. Our world is 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than it was at the dawn of the…
News spotlight: What happened to Alaska’s snow crabs? Scientists have a few leads.
Editor’s note: News about conservation and the environment is made every day, but some of it can fly under the radar. In a recurring feature, Conservation News shares a recent news story that you should know about. Deep in the frigid east Bering Sea, snow crabs have historically flourished — supporting Alaska’s $160 million annual…
News spotlight: Could seaweed be our new big climate ally?
Kelp forests are one of the fastest growing ecosystems on Earth — yet because they thrive out of reach of mapping satellites, scientists’ understanding of them has been stymied, Lucy Sherriff reported for the Guardian. A recent study, led by an international group of scientists including Filbee-Dexter, reveals that underwater forests are much more prolific…
News spotlight: A unique poaching crisis takes root in South Africa
When you think of “wildlife trafficking,” you probably think of exotic animal products — ivory, rhino horns, shark fins. You probably don’t think of succulents. Yet these unique plant species have been at the center of a growing poaching problem. An arid region along South Africa’s western coast — the aptly named Succulent Karoo —…
Angelina Jolie Supports Daughter Zahara’s Moment in the Spotlight
Angelina Jolie watched on as daughter Zahara gave a speech at the Women in Training, Inc. mother-daughter brunch in Alabama on March 1. For Angelina Jolie, loving her kids is eternal. The actress showed her sweet support for daughter Zahara by attending a mother-daughter brunch in Montgomery, Ala., on March 1. The 20-year-old even stepped…
How Harry & Meghan Are Raising Daughter Lili Out of the Spotlight
“To have a boy and then a girl, you know, what more can you ask for?” So Prince Harry said a few months before Meghan Markle gave birth to their daughter, Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor on June 4, 2021, making their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor a big brother and seeing their plan to fruition. “We’ve got our family,” Harry told Oprah Winfrey in one…
News spotlight: Fossil fuels behind extreme ocean temperatures, study says
For 450 straight days in 2023 and 2024, ocean temperatures hit record highs. According to a new study, the world’s oceans are warming four times faster than they were in the late 1980s, and the burning of fossil fuels is behind the dramatic acceleration, Danielle Bochove reported for Bloomberg. “With climate change, it’s the oceans…
How Zoe Saldaña, Bella Hadid & More Found Partners Outside Spotlight
Navigating a romance in the public eye isn’t easy, and stars like Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey and Keanu Reeves have found partners who live a more private life. The 2025 Oscars nominations marked a golden day for Zoe Saldaña. The actress received a nod in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category for her performance…
News spotlight: A quarter of freshwater species face extinction, study finds
A new study is ringing alarm bells for freshwater species, finding nearly a quarter are at risk of extinction. The study, from researchers at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), named dams, farms, invasive species and pollution as responsible for the decline, Julia Jacobo reported for ABC News. The findings are “alarming,”…
Why Tom Holland’s Dad Doesn’t Fear Spotlight Amid Zendaya Relationship
After Tom Holland’s dad Dominic Holland confirmed the Spider-Man star’s engagement to Zendaya, he detailed why he no longer worries about their relationship being a fixture in the public eye. Tom Holland and Zendaya can handle the limelight. At this point, the Spider-Man actor’s dad Dominic Holland is sure of it. After the couple’s engagement…