Australia's tropical rainforests have become the first in the world to release more carbon than they absorb, in a trend linked to climate change, a study has found. Rainforests are usually regarded as …
The number of people killed by bears in Japan this year has reached a record high, the country's environment ministry has said. Seven people have died since April - the highest since 2006 when data wa …
One of the most famous polar shipwrecks has been filmed in detail on the sea floor for the first time. The Terra Nova carried Captain Scott and his men on their doomed expedition to reach the South Po …
Wild chimpanzees have been found to consume the equivalent of a bottle of lager's alcohol a day from eating ripened fruit, scientists say. They say this is evidence humans may have got our taste for a …
China, the world's biggest source of planet-warming gases, has for the first time committed to an absolute target to cut its emissions. In a video statement to the UN in New York, President Xi Jinping …
The UK's largest undeveloped oil field has revealed the full scale of its environmental impact, should it gain approval by the government. Developers of the Rosebank oil field said nearly 250 million …
