The Latest Breaking News on Environment

An Arctic seed vault designed to safeguard the world's plant diversity has received thousands of new samples, marking the largest number of depositors since 2020. The latest deposits, including Palestinian seeds, come amid growing concerns over conflict and climate change threatening food security.

Threatened species scientific committee is mulling whether to list Australian sandalwood for protection under national environmental laws

Councillor has reportedly suggested using pills to control gulls, but experts say it may not be ethical or practical

Nature protection, conservation and restoration is “not a trivial matter but key to human survival,” according to scientists quoted in a 2005 UN report. To demonstrate this, they developed the concept of “ecosystem services” – the benefits that people derive from nature. Over the next 20 years, this concept has…

Nearly 320,000 forced to leave their homes due to flooding and landslides while thousands stranded at air and seaports.

If countries fail to step up their climate policies, the world could warm by a huge 3.1C this century – leading to “catastrophic” increases in extreme weather events including heatwaves and floods, the UN’s environmental agency has warned.

The playful and pudgy mammal that went viral from its Thai zoo enclosure has a sad story to tell about her fellows hippos.

Researchers criticised and gaslighted after telling Guardian of their fears say acknowledging feelings is critical to their work

Subtle temperature difference between ‘ocean skin’ and water beneath found to drive more CO2 absorption