JOHANNESBURG – South Africa lost a record number of rhinos in 2014 as big animals across Africa were relentlessly poached to meet rising demand for horn and ivory in newly affluent Asian countries

Better protecting the world's fast-disappearing mangroves could have big economic, social and environmental benefits, experts said at the U.N. climate talks in Lima this week.

Record haul of over 1,000 endangered sea turtles, all dead, were bound for illegal export to China

India along with Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Laos, Vietnam and Afghanistan will participate in a three-day International Toilet Festival in the city, which will start on Tuesday to create awareness a

Efforts to curb the deadly trade in rhino horn appear to be gaining traction, with a poll finding that demand for the animal part in Vietnam has dropped by more than a third over the past year.

Elephants are worth 76 times more when they're alive than dead, according to a new analysis released this past weekend.

LONDON – Three years after Japan closed all of its nuclear plants in the wake of the Fukushima meltdown and Germany decided to shut its industry, developing countries are leading the biggest constr

Poor countries will be paid to stop chopping down forests, UK announces, as it signs major UN declaration on deforestation at New York climate summit