Long-term exposure to urban air pollution incrementally increases the risk of high blood pressure, according to a study.

Sixty-eight may not seem that old, but for Snooty the manatee, it's a world record.

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.

Police fire teargas shells to foil the procession of Save Sundarbans activists, who were marching towards the Indian High Commission to hand an “open letter” to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to step back from constructing Rampal power plant.

The National Committee for Saving the Sundarbans urges the prime minister to consider analysis of experts and pay no heed to the government propaganda on Rampal power plant as it is economically and environmentally destructive.

Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade, churns towards Jamaica and Haiti.

The tougher temperature goal was a great victory for the vulnerable countries in terms of global diplomacy and advocacy. Now

Indian forest department officials promise strict action after a python attacked a man when a group was trying to click a photo with it.

Coral fish become stressed and lose weight if they are separated from each other, hampering their chances of survival, an Australian study reveals.

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.

The world's largest living primate has been listed as critically endangered, making four of the six great ape species only one step away from extinction, according to a report released Sunday at the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii.

Activists parading to save the Sundarbans vow to continue their movement against Rampal power plant near the world’s largest mangrove forest.

The Supreme Court issues an injunction restraining all activities including selling plots and advertisement of Ashiyan City housing project in Dhaka's Uttara area.

The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports announces to march towards Dhaka on November 24 if the government does not cancel Rampal power plant project by this time.

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.

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice requesting the government to form a judicial inquiry committee to probe the death of the Indian wild elephant, Bangabahadur.

Wildlife team of forest department rescues two pythons from two separate areas in Bagerhat and frees them to the Sundarbans.

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

India decides to send a rescue team to Bangladesh on August 3 to take back the stranded elephant that came floating along with the currents of the Brahmaputra River.