Agency announces rule on methylene chloride, colorless liquid used for stripping paint, cleaning metal and decaffeinating coffee

Agriculture minister says the ‘live sheep export industry has shown time and again that they are unable to meet the community’s expectations’

The UK government and devolved administrations are set to ban the supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic.

College students started a venture that has diverted glass bottles from landfills and crushed them into sand for coastal restoration efforts.

Alok Shukla has spent years fighting to protect a key Indian forest from mining companies.

A significant step towards marine conservation, the creation of the Mar Tropical de Grau National Reserve, one of the world's most critical areas for preserving marine biodiversity.

Audio collected with underwater microphones suggests numbers at least stable after centuries of industrial whaling left only a few hundred alive

Blue whales are fascinating animals. At 24–30 meters in length (longer than a basketball court) they are the largest creatures on Earth. They are also among the rarest. Estimates suggest that there are only about 5,000 to 15,000 blue whales left in the world.

Marine scientists estimate that there may be many times more fin whales than thought in the Southern Ocean.

As the monument reaches a decade of federal recognition, the Biden administration hopes to address funding and stewardship challenges alongside the expansion.

Learn how CRISPR gene editing is transforming treatment for inherited blindness and opening the way for future medical discoveries.

The tiny island's success shows that once invasive predators are eliminated, birds will swoop back in on their own.