Rare large blue butterflies reintroduced in Gloucestershire
Rare large blue butterflies just experienced their most substantial reintroduction into the wild. About 750 of...
Earth Overshoot Day comes 3 weeks later this year
In more silver-lining news related to COVID-19, humanity’s ecological footprint contracted this year more than...
North Carolina denies permit for extension of Mountain Valley Pipeline
North Carolina has made a step toward clean energy by denying the permit needed for further construction on a pipeline....
Migratory birds triumph over Trump administration
Migratory birds had a victory on Tuesday when a federal judge struck down the Trump administration’s latest anti-bird...
Indigenous Amazon communities use tech to protect the forest
Indigenous communities in Brazil leverage technology to protect the Amazon and its resources. For a long time,...
Cod are disappearing due to global warming
Cod lovers might have to change their preferences soon. According to new research published in the Journal...
Canada's last Arctic ice shelf has collapsed
The Milne Ice Shelf, the largest remaining intact ice shelf in Canada, has collapsed. According to researchers...
BP to reduce oil, gas production by 40% to focus on clean energy
London-based energy company BP has announced plans to reduce its oil and gas production by 40% and invest $5 billion...
The states winning the carbon emissions fight may surprise you
For decades, many states have worked to reduce CO2 emissions. Although the federal government has failed to enact...
Global warming to cause more deaths than all infectious diseases
A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that by the end of the century,...
1 million minks culled in Spain, the Netherlands
More than 1 million minks have been killed on farms in Spain and the Netherlands due to an outbreak of coronavirus...
Panda conservation efforts lead to unexpected losses
Roughly three decades ago, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classified giant pandas as an endangered...
Over 500 new dams planned for protected areas worldwide
A new study published in the journal Conservation Letters has revealed that over 500 new dams are currently being...
Zoos struggling to survive during pandemic
Hundreds of zoos and aquariums across the U.S. risk being closed due to financial constraints caused by the coronavirus...
COVID-19 reduces UK carbon emissions by 30 million metric tons
Toward the end of March, the coronavirus pandemic began to take over in many European countries. Since then, major...
Severe coastal floods could affect 287 million people by 2100
A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports has revealed that more than 4% of the world's population...
IceWind launches residential wind turbines in the US
IceWind, an Iceland-based company, has launched its groundbreaking products in the U.S. The wind-based energy company...
KFC confirms suppliers' chickens suffer from footpad dermatitis
A recent report released by fast-food giant KFC shows that three out of 10 chickens sold by the restaurant suffer...
One-quarter of UK mammals face threat of extinction
While tigers and elephants regally pose for endangered animal posters, many smaller creatures are fading away unnoticed....
Mysterious seeds from China arriving in mail across America
Agricultural officials from several states have expressed alarm over unsolicited packages of seeds delivered to...
Rare blue lobster turns up in Red Lobster shipment
The only thing that saved Clawde from the linguini sauce was her blue hue. As Lora Jones unpacked the Cuyahoga...
Kangaroo leather sporting goods illegally sold in California
Nearly 5 years after California outlawed the sale of products made from kangaroo skin, over 100 retailers are still...
Cuban painted snails critically endangered by illegal wildlife trade
Increased trafficking of colorful snail shells is now posing a serious threat to these species. The 'painted snails'...
Rainn Wilson launches climate change web series featuring Greta Thunberg
A new web series, "An Idiot’s Guide to Climate Change", will help shift viewers’ understanding of climate change...
Arctic wildfires rage through Siberia
The earth's poles have made the news a lot this summer, and not for good reasons. Now, another awful update has...
New study outlines ways to prevent future pandemics
The coronavirus pandemic has left the world devastated in many ways. Besides the deaths the pandemic has caused,...
Global warming expected to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius
New projections show global warming is accelerating well past the recommended 1.5 degree Celsius target. A new...
Nature lovers rejoice as Great American Outdoors Act wins House vote
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Great American Outdoors Act, which secures funding...
Flow of plastic waste in the ocean could triple by 2040
New research by The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ has found that the plastic flow into the oceans could triple...
Antarctica's seafloor is leaking methane, scientists confirm
For the first time, scientists have confirmed that methane leaking is from Antarctica's sea bed. They say the methane is...