Dams are controversial among environmentalists, providing water and clean energy—but destroying and fragmenting habitat. A different story is unfolding at Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park, where water is...

As solar planes take to the skies, wind-powered ships are taking to the seas. The Avontuur, which means “adventure” in Dutch, is a 144-foot schooner that combines old-school naval technology...

As the largest of 50 states, Alaska is also one of the largest victims of climate change. Mountains and glaciers have been widely affected by rising temperatures. Every summer, many...

California’s Drought Has Turned It Into a Literal Golden State On a recent excursion through California’s northern territories, I was treated to a vast array of gold – acres of...

Surprise! The earth is getting hotter and drier, we are experiencing more floods and storms, glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising and atmospheric CO2 is on the rise! The...

Beer goes in, beer goes out. Like every liquid we consume, our bodies have a natural way of disposing toxins and the “excess baggage” that we don’t need. Once dispelled,...

Drones have taken the world by storm. Used in government excursions to keep tabs on residents, they’re also found in suburban toy stores and electronics shops. Forty years ago, children...

Sea Shepherd Legal is teaming up with Brazil’s Federal Prosecutors office and local NGOs to urge Brazilian government agencies to protect the endangered Guiana Dolphin in Rio de Janeiro’s Bay...

Kurt Russell’s alien nemesis isn’t the only “thing” buried under layers of Arctic ice. Water flows through a moulin on the Greenland Ice Sheet. (Photo Credit:...

South America has become an international hot spot for land disputes, violence and political corruption. In Paraguay, fights over land ownership have resulted in the deaths of both farmers and...

On Tuesday, federal Judge Thelton Henderson reduced the potential maximum fines to be paid by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) for a 2010 gas explosion that killed eight people and...

When we hear the word “mafia” we often picture the crass, Hollywood stereotype of trigger-happy men in expensive suits, ready to mouth off when insulted. But in Italy, they’re the...

AWF believes Africa’s unique wildlife need to be viewed and managed in total – as a larger continental herd for Africa’s elephants and as one continental pride for Africa’s lions. We...

More than 800 fur items, worth an estimated $1.5 million and representing approximately 26,000 animals killed, have been donated and distributed to wildlife rehabilitation centers across U.S. Washington, D.C., September...

Capital Questions The University of the District of Columbia is leading the charge in transforming the food system in a city challenged with high levels of poverty, obesity, and population...

Thank You, Mr. Trump, for Showing Us the Dark Side The pending presidential election has become more than just a distraction to many of us. History has shown that who...

The Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF) will honor environmental achievement from film, television, science and technology at the 3rd Annual Pongo Environmental Awards to be held on Saturday, September 24,...

The Plasticity Forum brings its big discussion on the future of plastic sustainability to London, giving the design community a chance to learn how to lead the brands they work...

In an effort to help Hong Kongers play their part in protecting the world’s ocean, Ocean Recovery Alliance is raising awareness through a unique public art installation called ‘Grate Art’....

Five years after Born Free USA’s shocking undercover investigation Victims of Vanity, which exposed the vicious truth about the U.S. trapping industry, the wildlife conservation and animal welfare organization announced today...

Written by Jutta Martha Beiner, Wed Editor with the Goethe-Institut Norway (translated by Kerstin Trimble) The second manuscript has been delivered to the Future Library. It will be guarded like...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has indicated it plans to kill the entire Profanity Peak wolf pack over conflicts with livestock on national forest lands in northern Ferry...

The Pilanguru community of Western Australia is about to experience uranium mining of the Mulga Rock open pit. Vimmy Resources was granted approval without any prior consultations to the indigenes...

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent to sue the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement for approving fracking in federal waters off the...