Satellite imagery has uncovered 11 new colonies of Emperor penguins in Antarctica, according to new research that suggests the global population is up to 10 percent bigger than previously thought.

Giving heatwaves names and strength ratings, could drive home the spiking danger from a threat that kills more people in the United States each year than storms and floods but rarely hits headlines.

Intensive farming makes future pandemics such as COVID-19 more likely as wild animals carrying diseases known to infect humans are forced into increasingly close contact with us, research showed Wednesday. 

British rapper Dave and German film composer Hans Zimmer have been enlisted for the upcoming documentary “Planet Earth: A Celebration”.

Malaysia was criticized Tuesday for abandoning plans to introduce legislation that would have punished its firms operating in neighboring Indonesia if they are found to have caused smog-belching forest fires.

It may be one of the most recognizable symbols of conservation, but efforts to protect the giant panda have failed to safeguard large mammals sharing its habitats, according to research published Monday showing dramatic declines of leopards and other predators. 

The government has drafted a plan to streamline licensing procedures through the omnibus bill on job creation that would strip local administrations of their power to manage natural resources and the environment, allowing only the central government to have authority over spatial planning and land, forest and coastal area management.

The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon last month rose 28 percent from July 2019, fueling fears the world's biggest rainforest will again be devastated by fires this year.

The effects of shrinking habitats on wildlife are more profound and wide ranging than often assumed, a study published Wednesday found, as researchers warned that many forecasts underestimate how many species are lost in fragmented environments. 

Scientists have succeeded in reviving microbes retrieved from sediment deep under the seafloor in the heart of the South Pacific that had survived in a dormant state for 101.5 million years in research illustrating the resiliency of life on Earth.

Tiger populations in five countries are making a comeback but the endangered species still faces major threats such as poaching, conservation group WWF and the Indian government said.

The ASEAN region lost about 33 per cent of its mangrove forests between 1980 and 2020, a decrease of more than 63,000sq km, said the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB).

The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) said that as the world races to find a vaccine to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control, air pollution would continue to cause billions of people to lead shorter and sicker lives across the globe. 

The head of the United Nations said on Monday he will start meeting regularly with young climate activists, saying participation by youth on the frontlines is critical to scaling up action to slow global warming.

More than one million people in Phnom Penh face the risk of increased flooding and loss of livelihoods as wetlands in the Cambodian capital are destroyed to build apartments and industries, human rights groups warned on Monday.

An international team of scientific institutions will join forces to preserve the future of the Lake Titicaca giant frog, an endangered species, Bolivia's natural history museum said.

The number of forest fires in the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetlands, has nearly tripled in 2020 compared to the same period last year.

Norway's Arctic archipelago Svalbard on Saturday recorded its highest-ever temperature.

Argentina plans to put into orbit a satellite with new precision technology in the coming days, to monitor felling of its native forests round the clock and accurately measure forest carbon stocks in a bid to help curb climate change.

An unprecedented global survey has revealed a shocking decline in the number of reef sharks, with the predators "functionally extinct" on nearly 20 percent of sites studied.

Europe has been struck by more frequent and widespread flooding in recent decades than at any other time in the past 500 years, according to a sweeping analysis of the continent's flood history released Wednesday.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Monday awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the million-euro prize to groups working to protect the environment and halt climate change.

Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published Monday that predicts the apex carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime.

Four girls from British School Jakarta have clinched an award for designing an amphibious vehicle to collect plastic trash from one of the world's filthiest rivers.

American actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio has shown his support for a campaign that aims to protect Sumatran orangutans from the coronavirus.

Less acid rain is good for the environment, but potentially bad for bread, cereals and pasta.

Record-breaking heat in Siberia during the first half of this year would have been almost impossible without the influence of human-induced climate change.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said on Thursday the world needed an economic overhaul to have a chance of beating climate change and that countries should be prepared to tear up old deals and contracts to meet green targets.

The government is considering dissolving the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG), but the agency has an important role to play in both preventing and undoing environmental damage.

Garbage pickers in Bali are struggling to make ends meet, with one woman saying her daily income had dropped from Rp 50,000 to 15,000.