Half a year of intense and destructive rain throughout Ecuador has left 57 dead and 110 injured.

There are now 50,000 known different species of spider crawling the Earth, and there might be another 50,000 out there.

Thailand on Wednesday banned styrofoam packaging and single-use plastics from national parks as it fights a scourge of waste threatening wildlife.

With 70 percent of humanity predicted to be living in urban areas by 2050, UN climate experts see a huge opportunity to create ideal cities that are walkable, leafy and energy efficient.

A loosely federated network of scientists in more than two dozen countries plan acts of civil disobedience starting this week to highlight the climate crisis.

The death toll from torrential downpours that triggered flash floods and landslides in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state rose to 16, with three people still missing.

Morocco's village of Inzerki is proud to claim it has the world's oldest and largest collective beehive, but the colonies have collapsed amid crippling drought.

The World Wide Fund for Nature estimates fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos remain in the world, mainly in Sumatra and Kalimantan.

As Fukushima fades into the past, Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, wishes to forge ahead with nuclear energy. The government plans to use the first nuclear power plant to supply national electricity by 2040.

Environmentalists are not impressed because they believe the strategy shows that the government still does not want to fully stop deforestation despite pressure from environmental groups.

Australia last year dodged an "in danger" listing for the reef, a World Heritage site, for a second time, after heavy lobbying by Canberra led UNESCO to postpone a decision to this year.

The Department of Conservation said 29 long-finned pilot whales were already dead when the pod of 34 marine mammals was found at remote Farewell Spit on the South Island late Thursday.

When the South African artist vonMash started thinking about selling his work as crypto-art on a blockchain, he hesitated.

Renewables like solar and wind are far more reliable and readily available, and among the cheapest energy sources that can tackle the urgency of the climate crisis.

Likewise, if we lose economic prosperity by placing too much emphasis on the environment, then it is not sustainable development either.

Under Article 206 of UNCLOS, state parties are obliged to assess the effect of activities that may cause the substantial pollution of, or significant and harmful changes to, the marine environment. 

Sri Lanka's most sacred elephant passed away aged 68 on Monday, prompting an outpouring of grief.

Placing a price on carbon emissions is therefore essential if Indonesia and the rest of the world are to meet their climate ambitions. 

Chile said Saturday it is creating a vast national park to protect hundreds of glaciers that are melting due to climate change.

A large deposit of lithium -- the metal used to make rechargeable batteries in phones and electric cars -- has been found in the remains of the former mining town of Manono.

The United Nations is to launch formal negotiations on Wednesday for a global treaty to address a plastic trash "epidemic" that supporters say is a historic moment for the planet.

Any form of demonstration by citizens in which NGOs participate, be it against flawed public policies or projects having severe environmental or social impact, is commonly sanctioned as fomenting social unrest.

Now, she faces an even bigger threat: the relocation of Indonesia's capital from Jakarta to a site in East Kalimantan, which would devastate small businesses like Maesaroh's that depend on government offices and other firms in Jakarta.

The police forensics laboratory team in Makassar, South Sulawesi, were due to start ballistic tests on Wednesday after a protester demonstrating against a mining operation in Parigi Moutong regency died of gunshot wounds in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Civil rights and indigenous groups have condemned the police use of force against protesters of a mining operation in Parigi Moutong regency, Central Sulawesi, that led to the death of a protester early Sunday.

Two years after losing her job in fashion due to the pandemic, Emma Gage founded Melke, which debuted at this season's New York Fashion Week with an emphasis on sustainability.

Clothing brand Everyday joins forces with sociopreneur Melati Wijsen to create an eco-conscious collection amid a fashion industry in flux

The police operation that led to the arrest of dozens of residents of Wadas village in Purworejo, Central Java, on Tuesday has been widely condemned.

Bandung-born artist Arahmaiani is known for using her art and activism to fight for the environment, as well as in helping local communities to apply traditional methods and wisdoms to develop sustainable farms.

The pandemic's silver lining for finance is increased demand for sustainable investment and drive toward the green transition as a means for economies around the world to recover stronger.