Insects touch nearly every corner of life on this planet, filling endless functional roles and providing services too vast to name — and...

Wildlife authorities in Botswana are investigating the mysterious deaths of over 150 elephants over a three-month period in the Okavango...

It was one of the worst environmental disasters the world has witnessed. Ten years ago, on April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon...

On a cold and snowy day in 1926, the two remaining grey wolves in Yellowstone National Park were killed by park rangers. This singular...

Pangolin scales have been removed from a 2020 listing of ingredients approved for use in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The move has...

As people around the globe stock their pantries for long stretches at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, sales of tinned tuna are going...

Shark finning poses a significant threat to the ocean’s ecosystem and levels of carbon dioxide production in marine environments....

In the first of its kind, a study into plastic pollution in the River Nile has found that three-quarters of sampled fish contained...

A study has found that hotter and drier El Niño events are impacting biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest, causing the collapse of...

The European Commission has committed to protecting 30% of the lands and oceans in the EU by 2030 as part of the EU Green Deal’s...

In early May, two Asian giant hornets were spotted in Washington state, the first time they’ve been spotted in the US. Scientists are...

Fish stocks around the world are doing better, in general, where science guides their management, according to a recent study. —...

The government in China is offering buyouts for animals on wildlife farms, and to help farmers change their agricultural practices, in an...

The EU has been called to account for its poor treatment of livestock exports, after a new report has found that the welfare of animals,...

Earlier this month, a Hong Kong court handed down the city’s harshest penalty yet for smuggling pangolin scales, sentencing two men from...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the spread of zoonotic diseases to the fore, with evidence mounting that bats infected another animal,...

According to a new analysis in Science Advances, nearly 24 000km of new roads will be built through tiger habitats by mid-century,...

There are plenty of novel solutions to be had in tackling the climate crisis. One of them is kelp forests, which have been found to be a...

An international wildlife watchdog says that poaching on endangered species could rebound as authorities divert attention to enforcing...

Clownfish face an unusually difficult challenge in the time of the climate crisis. While many species are at risk of becoming endangered...