Environment

Plans to extract minerals from the ocean floor are being put on hold after a meeting of the U.N. body...

Every year, 50,000 elephants are massacred for their tusks, and there are only 450,000 elephants left. Experts agree: To stop...

Global temperatures are expected to even higher this summer after the El Nino weather pattern emerged in the tropical Pacific...

Canada’s wildfires, which have so far burned 20 million acres, are taking a toll on that nation's economy. The fires...

Last year, the world suffered a loss of an area of old-growth tropical rainforest the size of Switzerland, as deforestation...

Pakistan’s record flooding last year displaced millions and left the country devastated. Now, as new monsoon season is approaching, and...

Each fall, thousands of monarch butterflies embark on one of nature’s greatest journeys. They flutter more than 2,000 miles from...

As the world grows hotter, air conditioning units need to meet a growing demand to require less energy to operate....

Private companies will face more pressure to disclose how climate change affects their business under a new set of G20-backed...

The gap between the oil stock prices and declining WTI crude oil spot prices has widened, suggesting more volatility ahead...