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Dan Collyns

@dancollyns.bsky.social

Journalist covering Latin America writing about #bloodgold - also @guardian @mongabay.bluesky.org & others. Yachay Productions. Tips welcome.

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Mongabay@mongabay.com · 2mo ago

Peru’s Humboldt penguin population dropped by two-thirds between 2022 and 2025 due to avian flu and El Niño. Now, experts warn a new El Niño episode is forcing the country's only penguin species to abandon nests and call to raise its conservation status. @dancollyns.bsky.social reports.

Peru’s only penguin species at risk from upcoming El Niño and bird flu, experts warn

SAN JUAN DE MARCONA, Peru — First, there was the H5N1 avian influenza of 2022, then El Niño arrived in 2023, disrupting coastal waters and fish availability. For Peru’s Humboldt penguins, the only…

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Jérôme OLLIER@jeromeollier.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Peru's only penguin species at risk from upcoming El Niño and bird flu, experts warn - @dancollyns.bsky.social @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/07/peru...

Peru’s only penguin species at risk from upcoming El Niño and bird flu, experts warn

SAN JUAN DE MARCONA, Peru — First, there was the H5N1 avian influenza of 2022, then El Niño arrived in 2023, disrupting coastal waters and fish availability. For Peru’s Humboldt penguins, the only spe...

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 10mo ago

Plastic beads spreading on Sussex coast after ‘catastrophic’ spill, meeting told

Plastic beads spreading on Sussex coast after ‘catastrophic’ spill, meeting told

Local people describe devastating impact of millions of toxic beads from Southern Water site near Camber Sands * What are bio-beads used for and how did they get spilled on to Camber Sands beach? The massive spill of plastic beads at Camber Sands is devastating for local people, wildlife and tourism and the beads are dispersing along the coast, residents heard at an emotional public meeting on Thursday. Millions of tiny, toxic plastic beads are thought to have escaped into the sea from Eastbourne sewage works in East Sussex about two weeks ago when a screen keeping them in broke. They began to wash up on Camber Sands beach last Thursday, with the situation worsening over the weekend. Continue reading...

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The World Today@theworldtoday.org · 11mo ago

The soaring value of gold has led to rampant illegal mining, mercury poisoning and murders by criminal gangs in Peru. Is the government of Peru losing its control over gold?🪙 Learn more in @dancollyns.bsky.social's story: www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

Peru is paying a deadly price for its gold fever

The soaring value of gold has led to rampant Illegal mining, mercury poisoning and murders by criminal gangs. Is the government losing control of this precious metal, asks Dan Collyns.

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Dan Collyns@dancollyns.bsky.social · 11mo ago

RIP and thank you Jane Goodall for helping us better understand and love the non-human beings on our planet. Personally, when I was young and more foolish I had the good fortune to volunteer for her institute in Tanzania which was a formative experience for which I am forever grateful..

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 11mo ago

The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. “Dr Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionised science,” the statement read. “She was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”

UN Environment Programme@unep.org · 11mo ago

We are deeply saddened by the passing of UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall. Her life’s work championing conservation, humanity and the natural world leaves an enduring legacy. Our condolences to her family, the Jane Goodall Institute and all who draw hope from her example.

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