The public has been invited to vote for Britain’s national bird, choosing from a range of iconic species the one they feel best symbolises ‘Britishness’. Although...
Today is Earth Overshoot Day, the day after which humanity has exhausted its annual budget of ecological resources, according to data from the Global Footprint Network...
One of the world’s rarest species of dolphin is under threat from oil exploration and fishing, environmentalists have claimed. It is believed that only around 55...
A unique project that hopes to use art to engage people in sustainability, while also planting a new 1.5 acre woodland in Lincolnshire, is appealing for...
Newly uncovered fossil evidence suggests that giant penguins once roamed Antarctica, around 37 million years ago. Standing at around 2m, alaeeudyptes klekowskii would have been taller...
Penguin species are increasingly threatened by of a combination of manmade factors, including climate change and overfishing, a new study has found. The comprehensive review, which...
A US-based study has warned that the expansion of shale gas extraction, through methods such as fracking, is outpacing research on the issues around the practice,...
Aspen in Colorado, US, is a popular tourism location and is among top sustainable destinations suggested by responsibletravel.com ahead of the 11th World Responsible Tourism Awards....
Pope Francis has told workers and employers that men should safeguard and look after the Earth, not exploit it, and called for development that respects “God’s...
America’s national parks are already experiencing “extreme” climate change, affecting visitors’ experiences and threatening the legacy of the historic sites, according to a new report. The...
Climate change will present a severe threat to the iconic emperor penguin, as temperatures rise and the Antarctic sea-ice that the species depends on disappears, a...
The outgoing head of the Environment Agency has called for the government to allow fracking firms to operate in national parks, claiming that the impacts of...
Claire Wansbury and Veronica Lawrie, from consultancy firm Atkins, write how ecosystem services – the things that the nature does for us for free, like pollination –...
Antarctica must be better protected from tourism and other human activities, after experts noted a surge in the number of visitors travelling to “the planet’s last...
The government has rejected calls from MPs to better protect the environment during the construction of the controversial HS2 rail project. In April, the environmental audit...