Female anti-poaching unit wins big U.N. environmental award 10/9/2015

Since 2013, the Black Mambas, a 26-member mostly-female band of anti-poaching militants have helped protect the Balule Private Game Reserve in South Africa. ...more

Public given the chance to name UK and Irish storms 9/9/2015

Members of the public are to be given the opportunity to name storms affecting the UK and Ireland. ...more

South Africa animal rights group tries to stop big game hunt 9/9/2015

South African animal rights group the NSPCA on Monday said it has obtained a warrant in its attempt to stop a week-long large game hunt that could see hundreds of animals die. ...more

Poor state of the world’s soils revealed 9/9/2015

Soils are essential for the world’s food system. Soil regulates water, carbon and nitrogen cycles. However, the state of many soils in the world is poor and action is needed as part of strategies to boost food production. ...more

New calves raise hopes for world's rarest rhino 9/9/2015

Three critically endangered Javan rhino calves have been filmed in an Indonesian national park, raising hopes for the future of the world's rarest rhino after years of population decline. ...more

Lebanon engulfed by sand storm, 130 hospitalized 8/9/2015

A suffocating sand storm hit Lebanon Tuesday, leading to 130 cases of asphyxiation or shortness of breath in the northern and eastern parts of the country, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. ...more

France's Hollande says risk climate talks could fail 8/9/2015

French President Francois Hollande warned on Monday that climate change talks in Paris later this year could fail especially if the issue of financing for emerging nations was not resolved. ...more

'Blue bastard': newly recognized fish is blue when adult and 'a bastard to catch' 8/9/2015

The “blue bastard”, an elusive and uniquely combative reef fish from northern Australia, long known only in fishing folklore, has been recognized officially by science. ...more

Climate-smart cities could save the world $22tn, say economists 8/9/2015

Putting cities on a course of smart growth – with expanded public transit, energy-saving buildings, and better waste management - could save as much as $22tn and avoid the equivalent in carbon pollution of India’s entire annual output of greenhouse gasses, according to leading economists. ...more

World loses South Africa-sized forest area in 25 years: FAO 8/9/2015

The world has lost forests the size of South Africa over the past 25 years, a decline of more than 3 percent, although the rate of forest loss has significantly slowed, a report by the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday. ...more