Acrid clouds engulfed India's capital on Wednesday as air pollution fueled by fireworks and farm stubble burning was ranked 'hazardous' by monitors for the first time this win...
Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70% in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by the WWF published on Thur...
Some approaches to tackling global warming can have unintended knock-on consequences for nature and the protection of biodiversity, say scientists urging a more coordinated effort...
Playing a monotonous sound stimulates the activity of a fungus that promotes plant growth, a study suggested, raising the potential that playing music could be good for crops and g...
World skiing's governing body joined forces with the U.N.'s weather agency in a bid to feed its meteorological expertise into managing the 'existential threat' to winter...
The wildlife of Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean are under increasing threat, according to a report released at a major international conference on Antarctic marine li...
With typhoon Yagi battering Asia, storm Boris drenching parts of Europe, extreme flooding in the Sahel and hurricane Helene racing toward Florida, September so far has been a very...
Gently holding a blackcap warbler in his palm, ornithologist Christos Barboutis blew on its feathers to reveal the size of its belly: a good indicator of how far the bird can migra...
Conservationists are warning of a 'butterfly emergency,' as an annual U.K.-wide citizen science survey for the insects clocked up its lowest numbers on record.
The Big Butterfly C...
An explosion in demand for cooling systems in developing countries could worsen climate change unless sustainable solutions are prioritized, according to a United Nations report....
