In conservation, charismatic mammals and birds such as the black rhinoceros and the capercaillie get a lot of attention, while others, like invertebrates, are often ignored. 

Researchers examined more than a million individual corals across 44 countries for a new study on how to save coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

A UN report released last week found a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions come from the food chain, particularly meat farming.

Groundwater is the biggest store of accessible freshwater in the world, providing billions of people with water for drinking and crop irrigation.

Groundwater reserves in Africa are estimated to be 20 times larger than the water stored in lakes and reservoirs above ground.

The Trump administration has announced rule changes that alter how it will enforce the 1973 Endangered Species Act, which protects threatened and endangered species and their habitats.

Most people want to be sustainable, but have a hard time taking the necessary actions.

Imagine “carbon emissions”, and what springs to mind? Most people tend to think of power stations belching out clouds of carbon dioxide or queues of vehicles burning up fossil fuels as they crawl, bumper-to-bumper, along congested urban roads.

This summer, the UK’s Norfolk coast is undergoing a transformation that has only been seen once in the world before.

Climate change is outpacing the ability of birds and other species to adapt to their changing environment, researchers report.

Amid reports that human activities are pushing many wild species to the edge of extinction, it’s easy to miss the fact that some animal populations are expanding. Across North America, a number of species that were reduced by overhunting and loss of forested habitat in the 1800s are rebounding.

We need better solutions for coping with the warmer climate of the future (and present).

Trees beautify otherwise grey cities and cool our suburbs during heatwaves. But different species have different levels of tolerance of heat, lack of water and other threats posed by climate change.

A new map of Antarctic ice velocity is the most precise ever created, researchers report.

People are drilling deeper wells to find water, according to the first comprehensive account of groundwater wells across the contiguous United States.

Bringing nature back into our cities can deliver a truly impressive array of benefits, ranging from health and well-being to climate change adaptation and mitigation.

A new global map of freshwater hydrography may be the most accurate ever made—so precise scientists could use it to predict future flooding events around the world.

I am a scientist who researches climate hazards. This week I have published research on the potential for a catastrophic cyclone-heatwave combo in the global south.

Tree planting has been widely promoted as a solution to climate change, because plants absorb the climate-warming gases from Earth’s atmosphere as they grow.