ENVIRONMENT

India's environment minister pledges 'massive' campaign to improve air quality in capital.

In a moving video, a desperate whale asks for help to remove rubbish bags caught in its mouth.

We are already in the red on planet's resource budget – a week earlier than last year.

CEO says the reservoir being explored by Shell will be 'relatively easy' to drill for oil.

Yellow warnings in place across much of southern England and Wales.

Milder winters leading to sharp increase in wild boars across Europe.

Urubamba brown titi is the size of a domesticated cat.

Tiger shark measuring 13ft in length was caught off Australia's Tweed Coast.

Reintroduction of the native predator would curb the spread of feral cats and foxes, study finds.

Yellowstone supervolcano probably isn't going to cause widespread catastrophe

Arsenal player Alexis Sanchez sent his countrymen words of encouragement on Instagram.

Ringlet, speckled wood, large skipper, large white, small white and green-veined white at risk of collapse.

A state of emergency has been declared in the cities of Antofagasta and Tocopilla.

The water containing heavy metals and toxic elements will have lasting impact.

In 2005, a giant 35-mile-long crack opened up in the Afar desert of Ethiopia in just a matter of days.

Health warnings in place as heatwave spreads across Europe.

Ganas the Komodo dragon becomes London Zoo's latest addition.

Four years since the Fukushima disaster, first nuclear reactor to restart in southwestern Japan.

Scientists find Nepal earthquake only released stress on a portion of the Main Himalayan Thrust fault.

'I don't care what the Department of Environment says. They can arrest me.'

The village of Shipkovica is described as looking 'as if a huge tsunami has gone through it'.

A new poll found more 50% of Britons are worried about climate change.

Many fear gene drives can be a potent weapon in the hands of 'bioterrorists'.

Move from US carriers follows international outrage over illegal killing of African lion.

Sweeping proposal intends to cut greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants by nearly a third by 2030.

The World Glacier Monitoring Service has used data from over a 100 years.

Dire outlook for oceans as study finds even the most aggressive reversal methods will take centuries.

An underwater photograph of divers swimming near a humpback whale has won the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.

193 Member States agree to agenda to eradicate extreme poverty and protect the environment.