Tiger Temple monk held 'for smuggling'

Thai authorities say they have detained a monk attempting to smuggle tiger skins and fangs from a Buddhist temple.
2 June 2016, 13:38 PM

Scientists make news clouds which may lessen global warming

A new discovery about how clouds form may scale back some of the more dire predictions about temperature increases caused by man-made global warming.
27 May 2016, 04:56 AM

Cattle drugs ‘could fuel climate change’

Dosing farm animals with antibiotics increases greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung, research suggests.
25 May 2016, 05:10 AM

Global flooding ‘will threaten billion’

A British aid charity warns that by 2060 more than a billion people worldwide will live in cities at risk of catastrophic flooding as a result of climate change.
16 May 2016, 04:52 AM

Sea-level rise claims five islands in Solomons: study

Five islands have disappeared in the Pacific's Solomon Islands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that could provide valuable insights for future research.
9 May 2016, 03:57 AM

Global warming is now changing how Earth wobbles

Global warming is shifting the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new NASA study finds.
10 April 2016, 05:06 AM

Japan kills 333 Antarctic Minke whales for ‘scientific research’

In the name of ‘scientific research’, Japan kills 333 minke whales, including over 200 pregnant females, in the Antarctic in 2015-16 whaling season.
27 March 2016, 13:54 PM

Giant sheet of ice breaks off into the ocean

A roughly 2,000-square-mile block of ice just broke off in the Arctic Ocean.
17 March 2016, 05:16 AM

Darker ice causes Greenland to melt faster: study

Greenland’s snow-white ice is getting darker and melting faster, according to a new study, published in the European Geosciences Union journal The Cryosphere.
5 March 2016, 05:05 AM

Climate change poised to hurt food supplies: study

The effects of climate change on food production could cause 500,000 extra deaths by 2050 compared to a world without global warming, according to a study released Thursday.
3 March 2016, 06:48 AM

Gas from thawing permafrost could add further to global warming: study

Arctic permafrost that is thawing due to global warming is releasing greenhouse gases, further compounding the problem of climate change, according to a study released on Thursday.
27 February 2016, 05:09 AM

Sea levels rising at fastest pace in 2,800 years: study

The world's oceans are rising at a faster rate than any time in the past 2,800 years, and might even have fallen without the influence of human-driven climate change, researchers say.
23 February 2016, 14:39 PM

Shark pulled out of water for a photo

A Florida man is filmed taking photos with a shark after dragging it out of the ocean, where it washed ashore.
22 February 2016, 08:47 AM

21st Century US 'dustbowl' risk assessed

US scientists have modelled how a 1930s-like "dustbowl" drought might impact American agriculture today, and found it to be just as damaging.
13 February 2016, 04:46 AM

Giant iceberg kills 150,000 Adélie penguins in Antarctica

Around 150,000 Adélie penguins are killed after a giant iceberg larger than a country grounded at Commonwealth Bay, blocking access to the sea and forcing the penguins to travel considerably longer distances to feed.
13 February 2016, 01:52 AM

[WATCH] An Amazing Family of Big Cats

Watch Kevin Richardson in an amazing documentary first broadcasted by SKY TV about his animal conservationism, mainly lions and his acceptance into their pride.
7 February 2016, 11:10 AM

Lions rediscovered in Ethiopia’s Alatash game park

A previously unknown population of at least 100 lions is discovered by a wildlife charity in a remote park in north-western Ethiopia.
2 February 2016, 07:39 AM

Climate compensation schemes 'failing to reach poorest'

Remote communities are not receiving the compensation they are entitled to from schemes designed to conserve tropical forests, a study suggests.
27 January 2016, 13:35 PM

Cold wave may persist for couple of more days

The mild cold wave that started sweeping over parts of the country after a sudden temperature dip yesterday would
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Port city children worst sufferers of cold wave

With cold waves blowing over Chittagong for the last few days, cold-related diseases including bronchiolitis,
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM