Pollution
Mass die-off of fish and marine life on Durban coastline linked to chemical spill
Official in Durban have closed beaches following a fish die-off caused by a chemical spill.
11 months ago
Human Impact
This South Pacific island of rubbish shows why we need to quit our plastic habit
The remote island has the highest density of plastic debris reported anywhere on the planet.
5 years ago
Pollution
10,000 ‘scrotum’ frogs just died in Peru and activists are blaming pollution
Reports say some 10,000 of these critically endangered frogs turned up dead on the shores of the Coata River in Peru recently.
5 years ago
Endangered
One of the world's rarest dolphins born in the wild in Cambodia (PHOTOS)
Cambodia’s dwindling population of critically endangered Irrawaddy river dolphins has increased by one!
5 years ago
Pollution
Florida's toxic algae bloom puts local wildlife at risk
A state of emergency has been declared in Florida as invading blue-green algae chokes miles of its coastline – and the thick sludge spreading through...
5 years ago
First a straw, now a fork. Turtles are choking on our plastic trash.
It's yet another rescue that highlights the impact of plastic pollution on marine life: biologists recently removed a plastic fork from a sea turtle's...
6 years ago
Rescue mission: Swimmers race to save tangled blue shark in Italy
When swimmers along Italy's Porto Pollo beach noticed a blue shark making small circles close to shore, they were initially concerned for their own...
6 years ago
Mystery substance is killing seabirds in San Francisco
A mystery substance is killing birds along the San Francisco coast. Reports of seabirds coated in a thick, sticky goo first began surfacing late on...
7 years ago
Q&A: An Earth Touch filmmaker recounts her heart-rending journey down the Congo River
Following in the footsteps of legendary explorers, an Earth Touch filmmaker recently embarked on her own trip down the Congo River in the hope of...
7 years ago
Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder speaks up for nature
Nature doesn't need people. People need nature. These are the words behind 'Nature Is Speaking', the latest educational push from non-profit...
7 years ago
30 years after Chernobyl, reindeer herders are still feeling the blast
Though it's been almost 30 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Norway's reindeer still test positive for radioactive contamination - and this...
7 years ago
How we can save coral reefs (and why we should want to)
As oceans grow warmer and more acidic, scientists are developing new strategies to rescue the 'rainforests of the sea'.
7 years ago
Reef survey takes 360° cameras underwater in the Florida Keys
The Catlin Seaview Survey, an ambitious expedition to map out the world's coral reefs like never before, has made its first foray into US waters,...
7 years ago
Without the ice the Earth will fall: Actress Emma Thompson fights for the Arctic
Earlier this month, British actress Emma Thompson, along with her 15-year-old daughter Gaia, pushed off from the chilly and remote shores of...
7 years ago
The oldest living things, through a photographer's lens
For the past five years, photographer Rachell Sussaman has been travelling the globe in search of the world's oldest living organisms.
8 years ago
