A new bird species found in Southeast Asia.

Man's best friend could be one of the environment's worst enemies, according to a new study which says the carbon pawprint of a pet dog is more than double that of a gas-guzzling sports utility vehicle.

Six countries in West Africa have committed to conserving Important Bird Areas (IBAs) for migratory birds along their coastlines. This is the outcome of a recent joint workshop organised by BirdLife and Wetlands International.

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Feeding garden birds is creating whole new species

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A small Pacific sea goose is finding Alaska winters more to its liking, and a federal study suggests it's due to climate change.Until recently, 90 percent of the Pacific brant population wintered in Mexico. A U.S. Geological Survey

Goose Creek milkvetch (Astragalus anserinus), a rare plant that only exists in a 25-square-kilometer area straddling the borders of Idaho, Nevada and Utah, "warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act" (ESA) but it won't get it, because...

- Australian authorities Friday issued a shipping alert over a gigantic iceberg that is gradually approaching the country's southwest coast. The Bureau of Meteorology said the once-in-a-century cliff of ice, which dislodged from Antarctica about a deca

This year is likely to be the fifth warmest on record and the first decade of this century the hottest since records began, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday.

Cassia fistula, or the kanni kona, the yellow flower associated to Vishu celebrations in Kerala, bloomed so late last year that it couldn't be used for the festivities. The drongo has changed its breeding behaviour, and chikungunya, the deadly viral