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.

Fast-moving wildfires forces hundreds of people to leave their homes in mountains north of Los Angeles, California, the authorities say.

A massive fault could trigger a cataclysmic earthquake beneath Bangladesh, parts of east India and Myanmar, new research suggests.

Researchers say they have found the first clear evidence that the thinning in the ozone layer above Antarctica is starting to heal.

Volkswagen would repair or buy back polluting diesel vehicles and pay each owner as much as $10,000 under a $14.7 billion deal the car maker has reached to settle lawsuits stemming from its emissions cheating scandal, a person briefed on the settlement talks said Monday.

Wildlife officials in India order an inquiry after international cricketer Ravindra Jadeja posted photos online of him and his wife posing in front of endangered Asiatic lions.

The Dead Sea, the salty lake located at the lowest point on Earth, is gradually shrinking under the heat of the Middle Eastern sun. For those who live on its shores it's a slow-motion crisis - but finding extra water to sustain the sea will be a huge challenge.

Ivorian conservation agents are using the threat of eviction and prosecution to extort money from cocoa growers farming illegally in protected forest reserves, victims and rights groups say.

Officials in India "arrest" 18 lions as they try to find a man eater suspected of killing three people.

More than 80% of the world's population lives under light-polluted skies, a study suggests.

The solar-powered plane Solar Impulse has arrived at New York's JFK airport after making the short trip from Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.