Santa Marta made conservation history in Colombia when a giant leatherback turtle that came ashore on a tourist beach gave birth to many hatchlings.
The illicit trade in wildlife is estimated to be above US$19 billion. But the cost is much more profound in human terms – sowing death, corruption, insecurity and poverty.
Colombian whistleblowers say foreigners are paying rural villagers to collect poison arrow frogs for illegal trade in exotic animal markets.
A court ruling Monday protects Colombia’s high mountain moorland or páramos from mining and mineral exploration.
The Eloria Noyesi coca-eating butterfly could become this country’s substitute weapon in the “War on the Drugs” believes biologist Alberto Gómez Mejía.
Covering 2.7 million hectacres of pristine rainforest, Chiribiquete National Park is Colombia’s jewel of biodiversity.
Fernando Trujillo, winner of the 2007 Whitley Prize, leads initiatives in the Colombian Amazon to help save river dolphins.
Logging and climate change threaten the survival of one of Colombia’s greatest natural treasures – the orchid.
Cacao, the raw ingredient in chocolate, stands poised to become Colombia’s next big export, especially if artisan beans continue to attract global consumers.