The rat-like Bramble Cay melomys - whose only known habitat was a small sandy island in far northern Australia - has not been spotted in a decade

Large parts of eastern Australia have endured severe drought for months, crippling farming communities

The green spiny discs known as cladodes are used for fodder while their tender inner flesh is a star of the cuisine of Mexico

Children of all ages chanted "save our planet", cheered as flares were lit and clambered onto statues in the shadow of Big Ben to call for action

The floods are the result of weeks of devastating rain in Queensland

“We have already started the work of rail line system from Chhatak to Sunamganj. Modern switch gate and electricity are needed there," he says

Scientists have now confirmed its presence there with a series of rare images taken by camera traps.

"What is most terrifying is that our analyses suggest tiger habitats in the Sundarbans will vanish entirely by 2070," Dr Sharif Mukul says

Admiral Philip Davidson, who heads the US military's vast Indo-Pacific Command says it could fuel social disorder

The species belongs to a new Indian frog group or genus which the scientists have named Mysticellus

Penguins made a love connection at a San Francisco aquarium

Since early January, more than 20,000 dead guillemots have washed up dead on Dutch beaches

Insects make up the majority of creatures that live on land, and provide key benefits to many other species, including humans

‘Kul’ or ‘Boroi’, is increasing every year, and its export to Denmark and different middle east counties is expected to begin soon

Polar bears are affected by global warming with melting Arctic ice forcing them to spend more time on land where they compete for food

Lake Karakul is almost a Central Asian version of the Middle East’s hyper-saline Dead Sea – although that hasn’t stopped visitors from trying to sail

Unofficially known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, it lies in the kingdom of Tonga, and is already nurturing pink flowering plants, sooty tern birds

The Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister comes up with the call while addressing in a report launching ceremony held at CIRDAP auditorium

The fish-eating seabirds have been washing up between the northern Wadden Islands and southwestern Zeeland

The UN's World Meterological Organisation said in November that 2018 was set to be the fourth warmest year in recorded history

Wolves were extinct in Germany for over 150 years, only making a comeback in 2000 after they began crossing the border with Poland

The study finds that if CO2 emissions are not cut rapidly, two thirds of these giant ice fields could disappear

HKH region is a critical water source to some 250m mountain dwellers and the 1.65b others living in lower-riparian countries including Bangladesh

The glaciers feed 10 of the world's most important river systems, including the Ganges, Indus, Yellow, Mekong and Irrawaddy

Thousands of residents in the city of Townsville were without power and up to 20,000 homes are at risk of being inundated if the rains continue

The South West is worst affected - with teenage students at one college in Bodmin having to stay there overnight

The infant is among more than 100 children being treated in an institute for respiratory diseases in Skopje

Polar vortex brings deadly cold snap to US states

At first blush, the explanation laid out Wednesday by 21 experts in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B seems implausible

The demand came out at the inaugural session of a two-day international conference titled ‘River: A living Being’ being at Kuakata of Patuakhali

Some 700 kilos (1,543 pounds) of dead fish were removed from the river Monday, with similar amounts expected to be collected Tuesday

Delhi govt plans to increase the capital’s green coverage to 33 pc from 22 pc with taking proper steps to drastically reduce carbon emission

Their favourite meal, herring, abounds, but climate change means both predator and prey must increasingly migrate further north

Plastic in the environment breaks down into microscopic particles that can end up in the guts and gills of marine life

Temperatures in 2018 were around 1.16 degrees Celsius (2.09 degrees Fahrenheit) above the average temperature of the second half of the 19th century

Grace, consisted of two Earth-orbiting satellites, was launched in March 2002

South Australia health authorities said 44 people had come in for treatment in the space of 24 hours due to the extreme temperatures

Each leaf-cutter colony can carve out nearly three kilometres of trails from the forest floor every year

Nilgais were found in the north of Bangladesh until 1940s when they were last sighted in Tetulia & afterwards were declared extinct from this country