African apes could lose 90% of their habitat by 2050, according to a new report
Humans are at risk of putting their closest animal relatives out of a home.
Olivia is a freelance reporter for EcoWatch.
Humans are at risk of putting their closest animal relatives out of a home.
Plastic pollution threatens marine life in many ways, from entangling fish and seabirds to wreaking havoc on their digestive tracts when they mistake it for food.
As the call to protect 30 percent of land and ocean ecosystems by 2030 gains momentum, how much of Earth is currently protected?
Much of the conversation surrounding the ecological benefits of tropical rainforests focuses on South America's Amazon. However, the forests of Central Africa are just as important. While...
A research team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC), Berkeley has found a way to make biodegradab...
A first-of-its-kind study has examined the benefits of protecting the world's oceans.
The latest warning of the Earth's mounting extinction crisis is coming from its lakes and rivers.
A team of scientists has created the first-ever aerial map of the coral reefs surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands, in a breakthrough researchers hope will assist reef conservation in th...
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is one of the largest and deepest in the past 15 years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said.
Between 2000 and 2013, Earth lost an area of undisturbed ecosystems roughly the size of Mexico.
Could honeybees hold the key to treating an aggressive form of breast cancer?
There is at least 10 times more plastic polluting the Atlantic Ocean than previously believed, a new study has found.
Greenland's ice sheet has reached the "point of no return" and would continue to melt even if the climate crisis were halted, a new study has found.
If world governments don't act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, most polar bear populations will not survive the century, a new study has found.
The climate crisis is taking a toll on Antarctica's chinstrap penguins.