The Tasmanian tiger was doomed long before humans began hunting the enigmatic marsupial, scientists say, with DNA sequencing showing it was in poor genetic health for thousands of years before its extinction.

There exist images throughout history that capture the human psyche, encapsulating the height of tragedy, be it war, famine or climate crisis. This time, a group of filmmakers have shared images of the gut-wrenching moment they stumbled across a starving polar bear clinging to life in the wild as it scavenged for food.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Paris on a three-day official visit to attend ‘One Planet Summit’.

As New Delhi and other major cities hit new toxic smog peaks, the United Nations sounds the alarm over the damage that pollution is doing to babies' developing brains.

Tarupallab, an organisation working for the conservation and maintenance of trees has published a book on flowers, trees, creepers and shrubs of Bangladesh at the National Museum in the capital’s Shahbagh.

Scientists are saying glitter is dangerous for the environment, CNN reports.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in peril from climate change and widespread bleaching, but scientists say a small portion may be resilient enough to keep much of the rest alive.

Science could soon unleash a most incongruous army in the war against disease - one composed of filthy flies.

A circus tiger is shot dead by its owner after escaping into the streets of Paris, affecting public transport and bringing emergency services rushing to the area.

Summer thunderstorms in North America will likely be larger, wetter and more frequent in a warmer world, dumping 80 percent more rain in some areas and worsening flooding, a new study says.

Carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise this year after a three-year pause, scientists say at UN climate talks, warning that "time is running out", even as White House officials use the occasion to champion the fossil fuels that drive global warming.

Climate change imperils one in four natural World Heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands -- nearly double the number from just three years ago, a report says.

Police rescue four cubs of lion and leopard from a Prado in Jessore Sadar upazila.

A group of US states, cities, businesses and universities said Saturday they are still committed to curbing global warming even as US President Donald Trump’s administration is walking away from the Paris climate accord.

The world must sharply draw down greenhouse gas emissions and suck billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air if today's youth are to be spared climate cataclysm, a top scientist warns.

A striking image showing an adult elephant and its calf fleeing a mob attack has won a top Asian wildlife photography prize.

Two children, backed by the Clean Air Council environmental group, sued US President Donald Trump and two of his Cabinet members on Monday to try to stop them from scrapping a package of pollution-reduction rules known as the Clean Power Plan.

2017 is on track to be the hottest year on record except for two warmed by El Nino phenomena, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says.

Iranian environmentalists have mobilised to protect the world's last Asiatic cheetahs, estimated to number just 50 and faced with the threats of becoming roadkill, a shortage of prey and farmers' dogs.

A female bottlenose dolphin has died at a Japanese aquarium only weeks after breaking a national record of more than four decades in captivity, an official says.