Environment

The burial operation for a pod of seventy-seven (77) pilot whales is under way.Dozens of whales died on the Island of Sanday. Photo: British Divers Marine Life Rescue via bbc.comThe…

Due to raging Wildfire, around 9,000 have been evacuated in the Northeastern region of Canada, officials revealed on Saturday.Raging Wildfire In Canada. Photo: @France24_enResidents dwelling in the town of Labrador…

The weather phenomenon has had adverse effects on agriculture, threatening the livelihoods of small producers and food security.Hurricane Beryl struck parts of the Caribbean and Gulf Coast of the United…

The skies in Beijing turned an apocalyptic orange when the city was hit in March 2021 by its worst sand and dust storm in a decade. Athens has been engulfed in…

A second young elephant has died from an often deadly virus at Dublin Zoo.Elephant, Zinda, died from the virus at Dublin zoo on Sunday 7 July, 2024. Photo: Dublin zoo…

This is the spacecraft that NASA will launch to the moon, taking four astronauts to orbit Earth’s natural satellite for the first time since 1972.NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Photo: NASA/RADISLAV SINYAK…

Each year, hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants risk their lives on a route that extends from the East and Horn of Africa and West Africa, towards North Africa…

Bee colonies are suffering from the worst outbreak of a killer disease in a decade.Colony of Honey BeesAmerican foulbrood (AFB) has been found in more than 30 colonies in north-east…

2023 Gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has come out to blast the Lagos State Government for being "lukewarm towards supporting citizens", however, "passionate…

President of the United States (US), Joe Biden, has warned Americans in America to "get prepared for extreme heat this summer"."Prepare for extreme heat this summer" and "drink lots of…

More than two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the country has experienced considerable environmental destruction with both immediate and longer-term consequences on human health, ecosystems, the Ukrainian economy…

Mozambique has lost "four million hectares of tree cover in the last two decades".View of forest, mountains and road in Mozambique. Photo: Getty ImagesThis is "roughly the size of Switzerland".The…

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom (UK), David Cameron, said, "the UK is providing emergency assistance to displaced people, including shelter, bedding, hygiene…

Images from the air and the ground have revealed the huge breadth of the devastating landslide that has left as many as 2,000 people buried under rubble in Papua New…

Jan the sloth has more than doubled his life expectancy after marking his 54th birthday."Oldest sloth in captivity is 54" - GWR. Photo: guinnessworldrecords.comThe male Linne’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus),…

One person was killed and others were injured after a suspected tornado struck the Columbia, Tennessee, area south of Nashville on Wednesday, authorities said."One person killed after suspected tornado struck…

The Lagos State Government on Monday said that the recent ban on the usage of Styrofoam was borne out of the Government’s Commitment to protect the environment and the well-being…

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in…

A “bio-blitz,” which saw nature experts and members of the public surveying wildlife over an intensive 24 hours at a desert kibbutz in southern Israel, revealed a species of dragonfly…

Critical energy transition minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements are essential components in many of today’s rapidly growing clean energy technologies – from wind turbines…