The Latest Breaking News on Environment

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, more grassland than forest, with underbrush kept clear by frequent fires.

Morningside Park, a beloved neighborhood park in Miami with sweeping views of Biscayne Bay, will soon pilot an innovative approach to coastal resilience.

Researchers say urgent action needed to inform people about risks of heatwave temperatures and adapt homes

Exclusive: Ancient oaks ‘as precious as stately homes’ could receive stronger legal safeguards under new proposals

Heavy metals including lead have been found below a childcare centre as its provider insists the risk of exposure to children and staff is low.

Consecutive and severe bleaching is ‘fundamentally changing’ nature of reef, the International Coral Reef Society says

Climate change-fuelled ocean warming and floods have been bleaching corals in the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef.

In one Nepali village, the resident rhinos are a conservation success story and attract thousands of visitors, but attacks on humans are on the rise

Scientists call for urban areas to be tested for contaminants and potentially cleaned before wildflowers are planted

Frome, Somerset: In the woods, a chive-like scent hangs in the air – it’s ramsons, or, for good reason, bear’s garlic

Kashmir’s saffron farmers are losing 30 percent of their crop to the rodents as deforestation pushes them into farms.