In country of smokers, Beijing bans lighting up indoors 31/5/2015

China's capital Monday began imposing the country's toughest ban on indoor smoking in hopes of stemming a looming health crisis. ...more

In a remote corner of Madagascar, a new hope for saving endangered Lemurs 31/5/2015

The world became a little better for lemurs in May, thanks to a new conservation move by the island nation of Madagascar—the native home of the small primates. ...more

Bonn U.N. talks seek to trim unwieldy climate change plan 31/5/2015

Governments will try today to streamline an 89-page draft text of a U.N. deal to fight climate change due to be agreed in Paris in December, hoping to avoid the acrimony of the last failed attempt. ...more

Unique cooperation between Qatar and Sweden provides Gulf States new Swedish environmental technology 29/5/2015

Heliospectra AB, a world leader in intelligent lighting technology for plant research and greenhouse cultivation, is part of a unique agreement between Midroc New Technology and GORD - the Gulf Organization for Research and Development. ...more

This self-powered, eco-friendly tiny house lets you dwell anywhere on earth 29/5/2015

If you've ever wished you could post up on a mountaintop forever, then meet your new home. ...more

Mystery Saiga antelope die-off stumps scientists 29/5/2015

Endangered, adorable Saiga antelope are dying off at a terrifying rate in Kazakhstan -- and nobody knows why. ...more

Australia confident Great Barrier Reef not 'in danger' 29/5/2015

Australia said Friday it was confident it had done enough to prevent the United Nations from listing the Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem, as being 'in danger'. ...more

Climate change compounding natural disasters - Obama 29/5/2015

US President Barack Obama warned Thursday that climate change was making natural disasters worse, as he toured the National Hurricane Center ahead of the annual storm season. ...more

Glow-in-the-dark animals will prevent road accidents in Umm Al Quwain 28/5/2015

Stray animals are to be fitted with glow-in-the-dark vests to reduce accidents on the emirate’s roads, under a plan being drawn up by Umm Al Quwain police. ...more

Leave cancelled for India's doctors as heat wave kills 1,300 28/5/2015

A heat wave in India has killed at least 1,371 people this week as temperatures soar above 47 Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit), and doctors' leave has been cancelled to help cope with the sick. ...more