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The Norwegian Government's pension fund sold all its 16 million shares of Samling Global, a Malaysian timber company, after concluding the firm had committed "serious transgessions" in logging outside of concession areas and destroying protected rainforests, reports the Bruno Manser Fund.

LONDON--A peregrine falcon with a wingspan of almost a meter wheels above the Houses of Parliament and alights on the Victoria Tower, gripping a pigeon in its talons.

Scientists at the University of Oregon have determined the genetic structure of the pitcher-plant-dwelling mosquito, the first animal to show an evolutionary response to rapid climate change.

A series of satellite photographs conveys the epic scale of the floods sweeping through Pakistan, leaving millions homeless and the world aghast at an extreme weather disaster that experts consider the new normal.

President Lee Myung-bak received an award from the Convention on Biological Diversity under the United Nations Environment Program on Tuesday.

President Lee Myung-bak received an environmental award from a U.N. organization yesterday for his green leadership, highlighted by his push for "low-carbon, green growth" and the restoration of the Cheonggyecheon, a stream running through the center of Seoul.

En sólo 50 hectáreas del rincón con mayor biodiversidad del mundo existen más especies de árboles que en Canadá y EEUU juntos.  Leer . Escuchar

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered a frog the size of a pea, the smallest found in Asia, Africa or Europe, on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo.

Científicos rusos muestran en 'Rutube' imágenes grabadas durante sus inmersiones en el lago siberiano, el más profundo del mundo.  Leer . Escuchar

A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Even the most extreme geoengineering approaches will not stop sea levels from rising due to climate change, a study suggests.

Why is Britain braced for a 'war' over this humble fish?

Des milliers de poissons morts ont été découverts à l'embouchure du Mississippi, en Louisiane,...

A large parcel of ice has fractured from a massive ice shelf on Ellesmere Island, marking the third known case of Arctic ice loss this summer alone.

A series of man-made threats could cause serious problems for Grand Canyon National Park in the coming years, according to a new report by a conservation group.

The Mediterranean diet of olive oil, pasta, tomatoes and fish is to be awarded Unesco World Heritage status in attempts to halt the onslaught of junk food, according to Italy's agriculture minister.

Drought linked to climate change has reversed a decades-long trend of increased global plant growth, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data.

(Reuters) - The U.N. panel of climate scientists should be more nimble at highlighting global warming trends and at fixing mistakes, experts said ahead of the planned August 30 release of a review of the group's work.

MOSCOW - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin queried Monday whether man was to blame for climate change on a visit to the remote Russian Arctic, only to find himself bluntly contradicted by a German scientist.

President Lee Myung-bak has received an award from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) under the United Nations Environment Program for his "low-carbon, green growth" policy, Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday.