There are moments in natural-history films when the camera seems improbably close: a polar bear’s breath fogging the lens, a ...

Venezuela is close to passing a law to update the country’s mining regulations and attract private investment in gold, silver ...

China's removal of solar export tax rebates could prompt a rush on solar energy investment in Africa before prices increase.

The influence of Christianity in public life in Kenya is undisputed. Indeed, for more than a century, everyday life in the ...

As climate change intensifies, people around the world are learning firsthand how dangerous high temperatures can be. But ...

The kākāpō is a flightless bird endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand, and one of the heaviest parrots in the world. It’s also ...

Jaigaon, a densely populated town on India’s border with Bhutan, is facing a crisis of poor waste disposal, reports contributor Chandrani Sinha for Mongabay India. Much of the town’s plastic, ...

Reports on the health and vitality of the Amazon — often dubbed as Earth’s lungs — have been grim for years. Record drought ...

Animals that cross borders often encounter conservation systems that stop at them. Migratory species move through ...

Antarctic fur seals are the smallest of the polar seals and live almost exclusively on the island of South Georgia. The ...

Emperor penguins are native to Antarctica, where record low sea ice over the last decade has dramatically changed their ...