The environment minister, Greg Hunt, has set out his vision to reverse the precipitous decline in the number of Australian species, pledging to end the loss of native mammal species by 2020.

In the summer of 2010-2011 Western Australia experienced an unprecedented heatwave — but not on land.

The global illegal animal trade is taking its toll on vulnerable species, among them a small and distinctive reptile you might have seen featured in news stories for being smuggled aboard airplanes

Hawai'i's sea turtles are afflicted with chronic and often lethal tumors caused by consuming non-native algae, "superweeds," along coastlines where nutrient pollution is unchecked.

The disease behind the turtle tumors is called Fibropapillomatosis, and is thought to be prevalent in areas with high levels of nitrogen runoff.

KARACHI: Illegal international trade of the black spotted turtle has escalated rapidly over the past two years, says a recently published report.

LAHORE: Though turtles are resilient specie and they are considered living fossils for their adaptability to their environment, they are facing imminent threat to their survival in Pakistan because

It was after the sixth turtle that Ian Gowrie-Smith burned down the fishermen’s huts. He couldn’t help himself, he said later. The big green sea turtle was dead.