The Cienaga Grande has been under threat since industrial agriculture arrived on the coastal lowlands. Today, the situation is even more critical given mega infrastructure.
Colombian social entrepreneurs Conceptos Pla?sticos won The Venture prize for homes and temporary shelters made from molten plastic.
Thought to be extinct, a small rodent has been rediscovered in the Sierra Nevada and now focus of a major scientific expedition
Traditionally crafted products from Colombia, as well as organic coffee are making their way to the world’s market with wind power and emissions free mode transportation.
Santa Marta made conservation history in Colombia when a giant leatherback turtle that came ashore on a tourist beach gave birth to many hatchlings.
Trade in the daily grind for the daily grit of birdwatching in a country – Colombia – that prides itself on having more species than any other in the world.
The City Paper caught up with the co-owner of the South African Emory Big Cats Sanctuary to see how the 33 circus lions rescued in Colombia are doing in their ancestral habitat.
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.
Thousands of dead fish have been removed since Friday from Lake Sochagota near the Boyacá town of Paipa.
Colombian authorities are searching for suspects in the apparent hunting of a protected jaguar, which have been threatened by habitat loss.
By raising awareness of deforestation in Colombia, Envol-Vert hopes to regrow the country’s environmental conscience — and its forests.
The Río Bogotá still serves as a sewer for millions of Colombians, despite decades of efforts to clean up it waters.
Colombian whistleblowers say foreigners are paying rural villagers to collect poison arrow frogs for illegal trade in exotic animal markets.
Colombia banned small single-use plastic bags on Thursday, and an education campaign hopes to change the way people use bags.
Colombia’s National Authority of Environmental Licenses (ANLA) revoked a license to drill exploratory oil wells in an environmentally sensitive area this week.
Saving Bogotá’s Reserva Thomas Van Der Hammen means using sound logic and legal arguments, not attacking a politician.