A decade-long surge of the potent greenhouse gas methane threatens to make the fight against global warming even harder, top researchers warn.

Sea ice off Antarctica and in the Arctic is at record lows for this time of year after declining by twice the size of Alaska in a sign of rising global temperatures, climate scientists say.

Mohamed Hagras stands barechested as dozens of honeybees congregate around his face, eventually forming what he calls the "Beard of Bees". To attract the insects he has a box housing their queen's hormones strapped to his chin.

Global carbon emissions are still on the rise, but they are growing slower than they have in the past, according to a study.

At least 76 tiger deaths are reported in India between January and October in 2016, the highest national mortality figure since 2010.

More than 300 wild mammal species in Asia, Africa and Latin America are being driven to extinction by humanity's voracious appetite for bushmeat, according to a recent study.

In an open letter, hundreds of top scientists warn against voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying it would be disastrous for the planet if he becomes the US president.

Arctic sea ice this summer shrinks to its second lowest level since scientists started to monitor it by satellite, with scientists saying it is another ominous signal of global warming.

Plants were never before this popular with Dhaka dwellers as it is this year. According to nursery owners who are participating in the on-going national plant fair “Jatiya Brikkho Mela” at Agargaon in Dhaka, the sale of plants this year has surpassed that of any previous years.

The World Wildlife Fund urges Asian states to investigate all tiger breeding centres and crack down on any involved in black-market animal trade.

The Dead Sea, the salty lake located at the lowest point on Earth, is gradually shrinking under the heat of the Middle Eastern sun. For those who live on its shores it's a slow-motion crisis - but finding extra water to sustain the sea will be a huge challenge.

Thai authorities say they have detained a monk attempting to smuggle tiger skins and fangs from a Buddhist temple.

A new discovery about how clouds form may scale back some of the more dire predictions about temperature increases caused by man-made global warming.

Dosing farm animals with antibiotics increases greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung, research suggests.

A British aid charity warns that by 2060 more than a billion people worldwide will live in cities at risk of catastrophic flooding as a result of climate change.

Five islands have disappeared in the Pacific's Solomon Islands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that could provide valuable insights for future research.

Global warming is shifting the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new NASA study finds.

In the name of ‘scientific research’, Japan kills 333 minke whales, including over 200 pregnant females, in the Antarctic in 2015-16 whaling season.

A roughly 2,000-square-mile block of ice just broke off in the Arctic Ocean.

Greenland’s snow-white ice is getting darker and melting faster, according to a new study, published in the European Geosciences Union journal The Cryosphere.