Mozambique's elephants under threat Mozambique's elephant population risks being obliterated within a decade unless tight anti-poaching measures are introduced, conservationists have warned.
25 April 2013
Greenpeace activists board coal ship off Australia reef Six activists from conservation group Greenpeace boarded a coal carrier on the outskirts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Wednesday calling for an end to exports of the fuel.
24 April 2013
Late 20th century was warmest in 1,400 years Earth was cooling until the end of the 19th century and a hundred years later, the planet's surface was on average warmer than at any time in the previous 1,400 years.
23 April 2013
British panda given helping hand in quest for cub Experts at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland have artificially inseminated Britain's only female giant panda Tian Tian after she failed to mate with her male partner, Yang Guang.
22 April 2013
SUV popularity in China casts cloud over green-energy cars Chinese carmaker BYD gave pride of place to its new S7 SUV at the Shanghai auto show Saturday while another of its models, a fully-electric vehicle, languished in a corner with only a handful of visitors.
21 April 2013
Indonesia moves towards approving deforestation plan The Indonesian government has said it aims to approve within a month a plan that would free up vast swathes of protected virgin rainforest on Sumatra island for commercial exploitation.
Water deficit may triple in Kazakhstan by 2050If we don’t act, water supplies will be three times lower than the demand in Kazakhstan by 2050: Kazakhstan Environment Minister Kapparov.
15 April 2013
Asian gecko threatened by medicine trade: TRAFFIC Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.
11 April 2013
Philippines asking $1.4 mn from US for reef damage The Philippines will ask the United States to pay 58 million pesos ($1.4 million) in compensation for damage caused by a US warship to a protected coral reef.
Economist warns of 'radical' climate change, millions at risk The author of an influential 2006 study on climate change warned Tuesday that the world could be headed toward warming even more catastrophic than expected but he voiced hope for political action.
04 April 2013
Singapore gardens aim for UNESCO heritage status Singapore, one of the world's most densely populated countries, is campaigning to get its 154-year-old Botanic Gardens declared a UNESCO world heritage site.
03 April 2013
Study maps accidental killings of sea turtles Sea turtles can get accidentally caught and killed in fishing operations, and new research out Monday seeks to map this phenomenon for the first time in a bid to save the endangered creatures.
03 April 2013
Arctic 'greening' seen through global warming Land within the Arctic circle is likely to experience explosive "greening" in the next few decades as grass, shrubs and trees thrive in soil stripped of ice and permafrost by global warming, a study said on Sunday.
02 April 2013
US regulators under fire over bee-toxic pesticides US environmental regulators are under fire from beekeepers and conservationists who say they are failing to vet risky pesticides that put people and valuable crop pollinators like bees in peril.
29 March 2013
Sea lion pup waddles into California hotel A sea lion pup startled guests after waddling from a California beach into a nearby luxury hotel, where it pitched up at the patio bar.
28 March 2013
Rare find: two new species join primate club Scientists Tuesday made a rare live addition to the order of primates, unveiling two new species of mouse lemur -- tiny, big-eyed animals that inhabit the forests of Madagascar.
26 March 2013
Coral atoll where giant tortoises outnumber man 10,000:1 It is perhaps not surprising that there are only a handful of humans on one of the most remote islands on Earth, coral atolls far out in the turquoise seas of the Indian Ocean.
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