Despite pledges to halt deforestation and youth-led efforts to reverse it, Madagascar is losing its trees faster than almost ...

A detailed analysis of these remnants was used to recreate the climate and activity of a direct ancestor of modern humans, ...

The first dinosaurs may have evolved near the equator, and not in the southwest of the supercontinent Gondwana, as ...

Illegal deforestation has reportedly surged to record levels in a wildlife reserve at the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra ...

The Great Sea Reef that hugs Fiji’s northwestern shores is a biodiversity hotspot and deeply important to the country and its people.

Juliane Koepcke was flying with her mother on LANSA Flight 508 when lightning struck, sending the plane crashing 10,000 feet ...

Some of the world's biggest polluters are reaping billions of dollars ... But two recent reports by the environmental group ...

The rapid pace of melting glaciers is causing profound environmental and geopolitical changes due to shifting national ...

Private equity-backed reforestation startup re.green has signed a partnership with Agro Penido to restore 600 hectares (1,482 acres) of land owned by the Brazilian agribusiness firm with native ...

Weather modelling maps have shown that snow could soon fall across the entire length of the UK, with 15cm per hour flurries coming in a 30-hour Arctic blitz. The GFS weather model predictions show ...

Parts of Britain are likely to be hammered by snow, rain and brutal 75mph gales as the latest weather maps show unsettled conditions for January 25. WXCharts maps generated on Sunday, which are ...

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