Kenya seizes Hong Kong-bound rosewood from Madagascar's threatened forests 30/5/2014

Kenyan customs officials seized dozens of shipping containers holding hundreds of tonnes of illegally logged rosewood from Madagascar, they said on Wednesday, the largest bust of its kind and worth as much as $13 million. ...more

Science can turn cow poop into clean water 30/5/2014

Scientists at Michigan State University say they have developed a system that turns cow manure into clean water, while extracting valuable nutrients and helping the environment, which is as gross as it is impressive. ...more

Facebook, Twitter to carry 24 hours of live rainforest animal sightings on Monday 30/5/2014

Next week, the rainforests of Southeast Asia are going live. On June 2nd, 11 organizations in the region will be posting live video, photos, and wildlife sightings over 24 hours on Facebook and Twitter (see #rainforestlive). ...more

Abu Dhabi uses ‘conservation drones’ to monitor and protect important species 29/5/2014

EAD has adopted the use of Conservation Drones, as part of its continuous effort to implement the latest efficient technologies, to further assess and monitor the flamingo population at Al Wathba Wetland Reserve. ...more

Britain's Prince Charles stirs controversy with warning over climate 29/5/2014

Prince Charles warned business leaders on Tuesday to take action against climate change or watch the world continue on a path to destruction - the latest forthright comment from the heir to the British throne. ...more

New insight on Antarctic Ice Sheet behavior at end of the last ice age 29/5/2014

A new study has found that the Antarctic Ice Sheet began melting about 5,000 years earlier than previously thought coming out of the last ice age — and that shrinkage of the vast ice sheet accelerated during eight distinct episodes, causing rapid sea level rise. ...more

Scotland approves carrier bag charges to tackle throwaway culture 29/5/2014

Scottish shoppers will soon have to start paying for their carrier bags after charging scheme plans today cleared the final parliamentary hurdle. ...more

From car alarms to chainsaws, lyrebirds imitate almost any sound (PHOTOS/VIDEO) 29/5/2014

We know that certain birds like parrots are skilled at imitating voices and sounds they hear around them. But even the colorful parrot can't hold a candle to the astonishing talent of the superb lyrebird, a ground-dwelling species native to Australia (Menura novaehollandiae). ...more

UK firm celebrates £300m waste-to-energy UAE export deal 28/5/2014

One of the UK's leading waste-to-energy technology suppliers, Chinook Sciences, is celebrating this week after inking a £300m deal to build one of the world's largest energy-from-waste facilities in the United Arab Emirates. ...more

Ethiopia's blue volcano burns deadly sulphuric gas 28/5/2014

It’s a volcano, but not as we know it. This cerulean eruption takes place in the Danakil Depression, a low-lying plain in Ethiopia. The volcano's lava is the usual orange-red – the blue comes from flames produced when escaping sulphuric gases burn. ...more