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Producing enough food for the world's population in 2050 will be easy. But doing it at an acceptable cost to the planet will depend on research into everything from high-tech seeds to low-tech farming practices.

Plant breeders are turning their attention to roots to increase yields without causing environmental damage

International scientists have injected fresh evidence into the debate over global warming, saying that climate change is "undeniable" and shows clear signs of "human fingerprints" in the first major piece of research since the "Climategate" controversy.

A new climate change report has provided the "greatest evidence we have ever had" that the world is warming.

(Reuters) - International action on climate change looks set to drift for the next two years as politicians waver in the wake of the financial crisis, despite a new report which says the last three decades were the warmest on record.

Researchers have confirmed that cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) have become essentially extinct in Cameroon.

Given the epidemic of rhino poaching across Africa and Asia, which has placed four out of five species in jeopardy of extinction, one fed-up game manager wants to take the fight beyond the poachers to the consumer. Ed Hern, owner of the Lion and Rhino Park near Johannesburg, told South Africa's The Times that he has begun working with a veterinarian on injecting poison into a rhino's horn to consumers. He told The Times that people who consumed poisoned rhino horn "would get very sick or die".

Scientists have created the first map that details the height of forests across the entire globe.

Eleanor Sterling is at the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Central Pacific studying the ecology and behavior of the two species of sea turtles.

Pigs feel optimistic or pessimistic about life depending on how pleasant their environment is, researchers at Newcastle University have discovered.

As the world begins to pay closer attention to the importance of preserving biodiversity, more has emerged about the Middle East's wild side.

Vast portions of Madagascar's unique biodiversity could be lost - possibly forever, and at incalculable cost to ordinary Malagasy and the world - by the continued suspension of environmental funding in response to an ongoing political crisis, says a new report by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the main environmental donor.

BANGKOK, Jul 29, 2010 (IPS) - Northern Thai villagers living on Mekong River's banks are poised to join a growing tide of opposition against a planned cascade of 11 dams to be built on the mainstream of South-east Asia's largest body of water.

The world's deepest and oldest lake, Lake Baikal, is at risk of being removed from the UNESCO World Heritage list.

La construcción de una hidroeléctrica en el río Mekong amenaza la supervivencia de cuatro especies de peces gigantes.  Leer . Escuchar

A United Nations panel has voted to remove Ecuador's Galapagos Islands from its list of endangered sites.

Mass coral bleaching caused by global warming is threatening the health of the Coral Triangle, a vast marine region that is home to 76% of all known corals in the world.

The cheetah, eradicated in India by hunting nearly a century ago, will run again in the country, as three sites are earmarked for its reintroduction.

Tras encontrar corales amenazados en aguas del golfo de Cádiz, Oceana propone la creación de una nueva zona de protección marina.  Leer . Escuchar

New book claims western-style schemes to protect animals damage the environment and criminalise local people