Colombian biodiversity includes 3,642 species of butterflies, number close to those that exist on the African continent confirms a new research.
Exports of Colombian Hass reached 58,000 tons in 2020 and surpassed other producing nations in supplying Europe.
Gonzalo Cardona is credited for having saved the rare Yellow-eared Parrot from extinction and species whose survival depends on the wax palm.
Two years of conservation efforts by ProAves have avoided the extinction of a species endemic to Colombia: the Yellow-eared Parrot.
Biologists from the University of Antioquia have discovered a new genus of reptiles endemic to the lowlands of the Magdalena River valley.
Colombia’s extended lockdown offers citizen scientists a rare opportunity to photograph animals close to home and observations that can enrich the research of biodiversity.
While governments across South American bankroll the fight against coronavirus, in Brazil, loggers are defying isolation measures to deforest the Amazon at an alamaring rate.
Bees are humanity’s first line of defense in pest and disease control, but these winged warriors are headed to extinction. Professor Tello wants farmers to turn to api-agriculture.
Illegal activities in National Parks is accelerating deforestation. Artisanal mining and cattle ranching among the environmental predators.
Constitutional lawyer Luis Domingo Gómez defends biodiversity regardless of size. After an Andean Bear was denied release from a Barranquilla zoo, this attorney remains on the defensive.
The popular beach of Playa Blanca on the peninsula of Barú has reopened to tourists with strict measures announced to ensure public safety with watersports.
A documentary inspired by Bogota?’s abundant biodiversity debuts this month and district initiative to inspire conservation and empathy with urban wildlife.
Festival Brilla opens in Bogotá’s Botanical Garden on November 16 with an end-of-year spectacle involving giant illuminated sculptures of Colombia’s biodiversity.
Environmentalists in Colombia are angered over the government’s 2020 shark fishing quotas.
As Colombia’s most influential environmentalist, Marti?n von Hildebrand is working to secure a massive biological corridor to guarantee the survival of the Amazon.
The wrath of the news maelstrom in August didn’t exclude Colombia from making world headlines after ex-FARC dissidents announced their return to arms.