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Small island nations most threatened by climate change fear that they will also be the most likely to be disadvantaged if the United Nations climate talks to be held in Glasgow in November are disrupted due to the uneven global distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations...At large international confer

With the Nature Is Speaking series, Conservation International gives nature a voice. The goal: To reframe why conservation is important and reinforce a simple message — Nature doesn’t need people. People need nature.

Eradicating the brown tree snakes that have invaded Cocos Island could set an example for how Guam and the rest of the world could handle invasive species, Diane Vice, Wildlife Supervisor at the Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources said on Friday...The island has the only free-living popula

The Earth is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it did in 2005, according to new research, described as an “unprecedented” increase amid the climate crisis.

Australia's government has lashed out after a United Nations report claimed it had not done enough to protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change. UN body UNESCO said the reef should be put on a list of World Heritage Sites that are "in danger" due to the damage it has suffered.

One of Adelaide’s last remaining coastal freshwater and estuarine lagoon systems will form part of a new conservation park at Aldinga with the Marshall Liberal Government stepping in to protect the area from potential housing development. Aldinga Washpool, in Adelaide’s south is a well-known

In continuing proactive efforts to protect migratory birds, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released its Birds of Conservation Concern 2021 report.

Papua New Guinea — a country that makes up the eastern half of the island of New Guinea — is home to one of the world’s largest and most biodiverse rainforests, but mining and timber companies are taking a terrible toll.

There is now so much ocean plastic that it has become a route for invasive species, threatening native animals with extinction...Plastic rafting poses a huge and mostly unknown danger.

Native habitats are increasingly unable to store carbon because introduced pests are chewing through forests, shrublands, and tussocklands, new research says. For the first time, Forest and Bird research has linked the habits of browsing pests to carbon emissions.