A tool for measuring humanity's "ecological footprint" could help some countries manage their resources with the same precision that they manage their money, experts suggest.
Fin-soup demand is driving millions of shark deaths, according to what researchers say are the first reliable estimates. Updated since original publication.
Firing artillery at hillsides would help control avalanche damage to rail lines, the company says, but conservationists warn that the measure could have serious impacts on wildlife.
It's the biggest "debt for nature" swap yet. The U.S. is forgiving 20 percent of the Central American country's debt. In exchange, Guatemala is to protect wildlands.
A fist-size bird with punk-rock plumage dubbed the Yariguíes brush finch has been found in a remote cloud forest in the eastern Andes, researchers announced.
An ancient graveyard of large, predatory sea reptiles has been found by fossil hunters, including the remains of an estimated 33-foot-long (10-meter-long) beast dubbed "the Monster."
Breaking and entering, ransacking refrigerators, and defecating in posh homes, big monkeys are showing what can happen when civilization comes to the wild.
Field crickets on the island of Kauai rapidly evolved to have femalelike wings to avoid a parasitic fly that finds its prey by sound, new research reveals.
Strong winds in the upper atmosphere drew down a near-record amount of ozone-destroying gases last year, according to a new study, and such winds may become more frequent as Earth heats up.
The fossil of a big-eyed, fishlike reptile that lived 100 million years ago was discovered in a box that had been stashed away in a Canadian lab for 25 years.
