Careless smokers who drop their unwanted cigarette butts on the ground could face fines under new laws in Italy.

An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude in western Canada was caused by fracking, according to the region's energy regulator.

Europe's oldest lake is under threat from Mediterranean style-resorts and man-made sandy beaches, marine biologists have warned.

Teams from the Universities of Bath and York are developing the substitute from a yeast grown using waste feedstocks

The latest El Niño weather phenomenon is now the biggest and most powerful it has ever been since records began.

Pan-African pledge to restore forests by planting 100 million hectares of trees wins $1.5bn backing

Homes belonging to more than half a billion people could be submerged by rising sea levels if the current rate of global warming continues, scientists have said.

Poaching and the trade in illegal animal goods have been placed in the same category as drug and weapons smuggling by a new law passed in the US.

Police officers may soon be able to identify wildlife poachers by retrieving fingerprints from smuggled ivory, new research has revealed.

The slowdown in global warming is likely to end within two years as the Earth’s climate system undergoes a radical shift that could push temperatures to record highs this year and next, according t