The humble Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) bears a heavy burden. It may be just a small, shrimp-like crustacean, but its sheer abundance makes it one of the largest protein sources on Earth…

DRILLING for oil kicked off in Greenland’s Arctic waters last week – just weeks after the Deepwater Horizon leak was finally plugged – angering environmental groups.

It’s not always easy to be green. Good intentions aside, if you habitually need to go out of your way to be eco-friendly then the chances are that eventually you’ll give up.

We are over-fishing our oceans and the most striking evidence for this is that the whales are starving.

JUST 600 metres away from the Great Barrier Reef, the jewel in Australia’s crown, a less spectacular but more ancient reef has been discovered.

Biologists have developed a new way of harmlessly collecting DNA from dolphins from their exhalations or “blow”. Understanding dolphin genetics is critical to the conservation of wild populations.

Inventor Frederick W. Wood, and his associate, David Seigler, from Future Energy Concepts, Inc., give a video tour of the pickup truck that…

At the tail end of breastfeeding week, we thought we’d draw attention to another kind of milk widely touted in the Middle East to be the magical elixir of health.

Several human interferences impact the Red Sea: poaching by Yemenese fishermen, frequent oil spills, and even sunscreen is harmful to corals.

At the annual meeting of the UNESCO committee for World Heritage Sites, which was held this year in Brasilia it was decided that Ecuador has improved the situation in the Galapagos Islands to such an extent that they need no longer be included on the List of World Heritage in Danger.