Crocodiles can sleep with one eye open, according to a study from Australia.

Scientists say they have identified a new species of giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali demands shared responsibility of all states to protect the climate and disaster-induced displaced people and mitigate their misery.

Corals worldwide are at risk from a major episode of bleaching which turns reefs white, scientists have confirmed.

A team of scientists have discovered a new species of rat in Indonesia.

A magistrate court sentences two people to one year imprisonment hours after 794 birds of different species were rescued from their warehouse in Gazipur this morning.

A Bahamian women keeps a raccoon as a pet and surprisingly the wild creature -- generally branded as one of the most extremely active, curious and destructive animals – becomes a part of her family.

Earth could warm 2.7 degrees Celsius this century, warned a review Thursday which judged national carbon-cutting pledges insufficient to stave off worst-case-scenario predictions for climate change.

Researchers looking further afield, have discovered remains from dinosaurs further and further from the tropics and temperate zones, into the Polar regions, reports Business Insider.

UK scientists have successfully germinated seeds from the critically endangered Japanese Birch, a species that has just 21 known trees remaining.

New Zealand unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world's most pristine ocean environments.

The beauty of a colourful butterfly captivates us instantly, making us wonder where they get their beautiful wings from. Surely this sight of a shimmering butterfly inspired the National poet Kazi Nazrul Islam to write his popular song ‘Projapoti’ (Butterfly).

Trees, crucial absorbers of climate-harming carbon dioxide gas, may finally be balking at an ever-earlier spring season brought on by global warming, researchers have said.

The buildings constructed with high-weight bricks are highly vulnerable to earthquake, says a seismic expert here on Sunday.

The Lost Lake drains into a mysterious lava tube in the Central Oregon Cascades every year and this phenomenon is caught on camera.

A Japanese fisherman has reeled in a huge wolfish and it is raising concerns about the effects that the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 has had on the environment, reports Yahoo News.

South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional human rights group, calls for suspension of Rampal plant’s construction in the Sundarbans and urged for an impartial impact assessment.

In a rare crackdown, Indonesia has arrested executives from seven companies accused of contributing to a pollution-filled haze in the region.

Populations of marine mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have declined by 49% since 1970, a report says.

The US Navy agrees to limit its use of sonar that may inadvertently harm whales and dolphins in waters near Hawaii and California.