British scientists say a heat wave has caused London's air quality to deteriorate, which could affect athletes' performances at the Olympics.

Seven nations may lose their ability to legally trade tens of thousands of wildlife species after U.N. conservation delegates agreed Thursday to penalize them for lacking tough regulations or failing…

The flowering perennial hama-nadeshiko, or Dianthus japonicus, was believed to have been totally wiped out in Iwate Prefecture in the Great East Japan Earthquake, but three specimens were found blooming…

A call to resume the legal ivory trade for the first time in nearly a quarter-century as one means of fighting the recent rise in elephant poaching in Africa was…

Native American and Alaska Native leaders say climate change has resulted in their villages being under water because of coastal erosion, former fishing grounds turning to dead zones, drought persisting…

The soft-shell N. nigricans turtles, popularly known in Bangladesh as "Bostami turtles", have been found in the country's wilds too.

Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago said Wednesday they regret that heavy machinery may have crushed leatherback eggs or hatchlings on a section of a prime nesting beach but stressed the…

Thousands of leatherback turtle eggs and hatchlings have been crushed by heavy machinery along a Trinidad beach widely regarded as the world's densest nesting area for the biggest of all…

Increasingly common experiences with extreme climate-related events such as the Colorado wildfires, a record warm spring and preseason hurricanes have convinced many Americans climate change is a reality, the head…

The United States says it doesn't support a South Korean plan to restart whale hunting for purportedly scientific purposes.