Researchers are raising concerns about the creation of a large-scale open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso ...

A nickel mining project in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao is facing renewed calls for closure after a recent ...

Three Arctic seal species have moved closer to extinction, as rapid sea ice loss continues to erode their breeding and ...

When elephant biologist Seema Lokhandwala, with the Elephants Acoustic Project, visited a village near Balipara in India’s ...

Every dozen years or so, Sri Lanka’s mist-shrouded highlands burst into color. Violet, pink and white carpets of tiny blooms ...

Environmental justice activists have spoken out against coal and iron mining in South Africa, telling a recent human rights ...

The mesopelagic zone is the chilly, dimly lit layer of ocean found 200-1,000 meters (660-3,300 feet) below the surface, which ...

When they closed their eyes, the Bakairi people of the Santana Indigenous Territory in Brazil heard a sound similar to rain ...

They’re known as the “ghost of the mountains,” so it makes sense that snow leopards can be extremely difficult to spot. Yet, ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared ...

Going to Dubai was an act of desperation,” says Muninggar, a 48-year-old former fish farmer from northern Java. “There were ...

The world’s forests tell two stories at once. Even as chainsaws advance, new trees are rising in their wake. More than 11 ...