‘Save tiger’ awareness campaign starts Feb 11

A two-year-long national awareness campaign to save tigers will begin on February 11.
3 February 2016, 07:40 AM

Lions rediscovered in Ethiopia’s Alatash game park

A previously unknown population of at least 100 lions is discovered by a wildlife charity in a remote park in north-western Ethiopia.
2 February 2016, 07:39 AM

Climate change boosted 'once-a-century' floods: study

Man-made climate change significantly enhanced the risk of the severe winter storms that ravaged southern England two years ago, according to a study released Monday.
2 February 2016, 07:00 AM

Massive whale washes ashore in Mumbai

Mumbai's coastline is more used to rubbish washing ashore than dead mammals, but on Friday residents woke to the sight of a nearly 40-foot-long whale on one of its most popular beaches.
30 January 2016, 07:03 AM

Ecuador to sell a third of its Amazon rainforest to Chinese oil companies

Ecuador is planning to auction off three million of the country’s 8.1 million hectares of the pristine Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies.
30 January 2016, 06:53 AM

Climate compensation schemes 'failing to reach poorest'

Remote communities are not receiving the compensation they are entitled to from schemes designed to conserve tropical forests, a study suggests.
27 January 2016, 13:35 PM

Have ETP, or shut down, minister tells factories around 4 Dhaka rivers

In a move to save the major rivers around Dhaka, the government today made Effluent Treatment Plants a mandatory factor for the factories.
27 January 2016, 08:00 AM

Pakistan lifts Houbara bustard hunting ban

Pakistan's supreme court lifts a ban on the hunting of a rare bird, the Houbara bustard.
23 January 2016, 07:49 AM

Mammoth 'Snowzilla' blizzard blankets Washington

A monster blizzard threatening the US East Coast slams into Washington, blanketing the nation's capital in snow as officials urged millions in the storm's path to seek shelter, warning the worst was yet to come.
23 January 2016, 05:56 AM

Rare, elusive bush dogs photographed in Panama

Rare and elusive bush dogs from Central and South America are photographed in a camera trap study.
22 January 2016, 12:00 PM

Disappearance of Bolivia's No. 2 lake a harbinger

Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was Bolivia's second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls fight for scraps under a glaring sun in what marshes remain.
22 January 2016, 08:41 AM

'India's cleanest village' clings on to its serenity

In the tiny hamlet of Mawlynnong in India's far north east, plastic is banned and spotless paths are lined with flowers -- but its reputation as Asia's cleanest village has proved a mixed blessing.
21 January 2016, 07:05 AM

'2015 Earth's hottest by a wide margin'

Last year wasn't just the Earth's hottest year on record — it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust.
21 January 2016, 04:49 AM

Was 2015 hottest year on record? US to make big reveal

US government scientists are widely expected to announce Wednesday that 2015 was the planet's hottest year in modern times, amid mounting concerns over the pace of climate change worldwide.
20 January 2016, 05:24 AM

'Plant backpack' to fight air pollution

Five Dutch students have hit on a unique idea to replace face masks used against air pollution, and are developing a "plant backpack" to give wearers instant fresh air.
19 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Man-made heat put in oceans has doubled since 1997: Study

The amount of man-made heat energy absorbed by the seas has doubled since 1997, a study released Monday shows.
19 January 2016, 05:03 AM

Experts for national consensus to address climate challenges

Researchers and environmentalists at a discussion yesterday stressed the need for a national consensus to address the growing challenges of climate change.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM

UK climate expert calls for bold leadership

A leading climate expert has today called for country-level bold leadership, right policies and their implementation to meet the challenges of the climate change.
16 January 2016, 08:13 AM

No effect of metro rail on DU environment

Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project authorities yesterday claimed that Dhaka University's (DU) atmosphere would not be affected by trains running through a section of a 20-kilometre metro rail route inside the campus.
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Temperature may dive to 8

Meteorologists anticipate that the temperature across the country might dive to below eight degree centigrade within next two or three days.
10 January 2016, 07:51 AM