A new study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, has revealed that feeding cows with antibiotics may increase greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung, burps and farts.

The Peruvian government has announced a 60-day emergency in the southeastern jungle Madre de Dios region.

Genetically modified foods do not pose a threat to human health or the environment and will aid in feeding a growing world population in a sustainable manner, the Royal Society says.

The lasting impact from the El Niño climate pattern has led some African countries into their most serious food crisis in the past quarter century.

Antarctic's massive Totten Glacier nearing 'tipping point' in global warming warn scientists
Sea level rise has claimed five islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence

Southern Hemisphere carbon dioxide (CO2) levels have risen above the 400ppm limit, and this has made scientists worried.

Poverty in civil-war hit Syria is growing exponentially with a majority of the population now living below the poverty line, a report published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western

Poachers killed more tigers in the first four months of 2016 than in entire 2015, according to a latest data by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), as reported by the Hindustan Times.

Significant progress has been made in working out how to grow blood stem cells in a laboratory.

Amidst contradictory theories on the impact of e-cigarettes on a user's health, a research team at London's Royal College of Physicians has suggested that e-cigarettes are a much safer alternative