ENVIRONMENT

COVID-19 has claimed more than 50,000 lives worldwide.

The population of rare white giraffes has been reduced to a single male after a mother and calf were killed in Kenya.

These microbes were reportedly discovered more than three decades ago, along the shores of the Potomac River.

A rescue mission to save a surfer almost turned tragic when the lifeboat was nearly flipped over by tempestuous waves.

A four-star hotel is facing criminal charges for having smoked baby chimpanzee on their à la carte menu, which the owner claims to be a printing error.

A group of men allegedly pulled a young great white shark onto the beach before kicking it in the face, taking pictures and leaving it to die.

A farmer in New South Wales was left shattered when he had to euthanise some of his cattle after they were horribly burnt by the bushfire still raging in parts of Australia.

Howletts Wild Animal Park boss, Damian Aspinall, calls zoos "barbaric" and implores parents to not take children to see animals held captive in them.

Human-animal conflict highlighted again in drought-stricken Zambia as tourists left frozen in fear by three elephants raiding an open dining hall in a tourist lodge in search of food.

Researches have concluded that attaching LED lights to fishing nets can prevent turtles, dolphins, and marine birds from getting trapped in fishing nets.

The headteacher received backlash for banning the exchange of Christmas cards at a Lincolnshire primary school.

A deer was found dead after consuming waste thrown by visitors to Thailand's Khun Sathan National Park.

Methane emissions could be reduced substantially if farmers selectively reared "environmentally-friendly" cattle breeds.

Bushfires have devastated koala habitats and breeding populations to the extent where researchers believe that the species can be termed as "functionally extinct".

There is a 1 in 14,000 chance that human beings will go extinct in the coming year.

Satellite images indicate that the Taku glacier is melting 80 years faster than scientists' estimations.

Fox News guest Michael Knowles called the climate change activist "mentally ill" forcing the channel to apologise on his behalf.

Students all over the UK join the Global Climate Strike. Police have arrested two protesters in London.

Forest fires in Indonesia has spread toxic smoke all over the country and nearby territories.

Climate change can lead to a drastic reduction in fatty acids essential for brain health.

2,500 people remain missing from the Bahamas since Hurricane Dorian nearly levelled the islands.

16-year-old climate change awareness activist, Greta Thunberg has reached the United States after setting sail from Europe.

18th CITES Conference, Geneva: A two-thirds majority vote was able to to regulate the trade of 18 species of sharks and rays, including Mako sharks.

The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power said Monday workers started removing the first of 566 fuel units stored in the pool at building No 3. 

Carbon Engineering, a British Colombia company, may have developed CO2 removal technology to fight back against climate change.

The break poses an uncertain future for the British Halley VIa Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf.

Water resources for some 1.9 billion people worldwide are being threatened as climate change continues to melt the glaciers in the Himalayas at an alarmingly rapid rate.

Annual losses from disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons average $250 billion to $300 billion.

Video on social media shows people screaming and fleeing in panic and a mosque among the buildings damaged.