conservation

Brussels authorities recently discovered that a fault in the 400-year-old plumbing of its Manneken-Pis landmark was causing it to pee away 2.5 tons of water a day. In 2019, such waste is an environmental no-no. A missing part in the guttering under the diminutive statue's fountain ...

A rare ibis gifted to Japan by China as a symbol of friendship last year has laid an egg for the first time, Niigata Prefectural Government said Sunday. The egg laid by Guan Guan, one of a pair gifted in October 2018, at the Sado ...

Pakistan plans to lodge a complaint of "eco-terrorism" against India after airstrikes in Pakistani territory damaged dozens of trees, its climate change minister said on Friday. "Eco-terrorism is exactly what happened," Malik Amin Aslam said, adding that environmental assessments were underway. "We will explore all appropriate ...

Whispers of sightings of the elusive black leopard have long swirled around central Kenya, and scientists have now confirmed its presence there with a series of rare images taken by camera traps. The images were captured by researchers from the San Diego Zoo who have ...

Staying at a hotel on the Thai island of Koh Samui in 2015, Meghan Kerrigan noticed the four bottles of water she was given every day were clogging her trash can with plastic. Outside her door, Chaweng Beach was smothered in rubbish. It was then ...

Hong Kong customs officers unveiled a record seizure of pangolin scales on Friday, the latest huge haul to underscore the city's central role in the lucrative and booming illegal wildlife trade. Officials said they conducted a joint investigation with mainland customs officers on Jan. 16, ...

The world's biggest growers of palm oil say they're stepping up efforts to produce the contentious commodity more sustainably, but consumers are unwilling to pay more for environmentally friendly supply. Production of sustainable palm oil has jumped to a record 13.6 million tons a year, ...

At the Siberia Tiger Park in the frigid Chinese city of Harbin, visitors can learn about the facility's successful breeding program — and buy chicken carcasses to toss to around 20 tigers pacing the snow-flecked ground of their enclosure. At the park gates, a shop ...

In a bid to stop "biopiracy," researchers are building a giant database to catalog genetic material from the world's largest rainforest. From the rubber in car tires to cosmetics and medicines, genetic material contained in the Amazon region has contributed to discoveries worth billions of ...