The 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is the most comprehensive report ever completed and the...

Bees are essential for the health of people and the planet. Unfortunately, environmental degradation caused by encroaching climate change...

Every year on August 19, the world celebrates International Orangutan Day. There’s no better time to celebrate all things related to the...

Over the past century, bees have become stressed by climate change. Hotter ad wetter conditions can even affect the wings of bumblebees,...

Since 2000, the US has experienced an average of 70,600 wildfires annually. Although these events affect people’s lives and the economy,...

Bhutan is the world’s first carbon negative country. Mainly because of its extensive forests, covering 70% of the land, the Kingdom is...

Water is a fundamental resource that is critical for the survival of all living things. Since pre-industrial times, climate change and...

While plastic has undoubtedly added convenience to modern living, scientists are highlighting the detrimental effects of plastic on land...

Florida’s Turtle Hospital says that almost none of the sea turtles born in the US state in the past four years were male. Scientists...

Soaring temperatures and improper disaster management have resulted in increased desertification rates across the globe. Coupled with...

An influenza strain known as Eurasian H5N1 has arrived in North America. This strain of avian flu, identified globally in more than 100...

Published just days before the world celebrates the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on July 26, a new...

Mangroves populations have been diminishing every year due to coastal development, conversion for aquaculture, and overexploitation, with...

The term “dead zone” or “hypoxia” refers to low-oxygen areas in the world’s lakes and oceans and is so called because very few organisms...

The IUCN is predicting that by the end of the current century, nearly all critically endangered species and 67% of endangered animal...

Sharks are critically important for marine ecosystems; their diverse roles are part of a balance needed for healthy oceans....

Secretary-General António Guterres has declared that the world is in the middle of an ‘ocean emergency’ at the UN Ocean Conference,...

Hundreds of species in China appear on the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)...

Africa, the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, is wonderfully rich in biodiversity. Thanks to its equally rich...

After days of negotiations, the 164 countries clinched a deal aimed at reducing global overfishing by limiting harmful fisheries...