By AFP/Michael Sarpong MfumGhanaian authorities and local organisations are upping their efforts to combat the poaching of pangolins, an endangered mammal whose meat and scales are among the most trafficked internationally.An estimated one million of...

By AFP/Tomohiro OSAKIAs peckish deer chase delighted tourists in Japan's temple-dotted Nara Park, a quiet but dedicated team of litter-pickers patrols the stone paths, collecting plastic waste that threatens the animals' health.The ancient city of Na...

By AFPA failing Australian metals plant will be transformed into a hub for making "green iron and steel", Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday as the government stepped in with a billion-dollar rescue package.More than 1,000 workers faced lo...

By AFPIndonesia's planned expansion of "captive" coal plants used to power industry is threatening its pledge to cut CO2 emissions by 2030 and close all coal-fired plants by a decade later, said a report published Thursday.Coal-dependent Indonesia, S...

By AFP/Ella IDEManagers of a chemical plant accused of knowingly contaminating the water of hundreds of thousands of people are on trial in Italy, in one of Europe's biggest environmental disaster lawsuits.The now-shuttered Miteni factory near the no...

By AFP/Sara HUSSEINTwice a day, sirens sound at Cambodia's Chip Mong Insee cement kiln, warning limestone will soon be blasted from the karst mountain that overlooks the sprawling industrial site.White smoke billows from its silver chimney, visible o...

By AFP/Kelly MACNAMARAIce loss from the world's glaciers has accelerated over the past decade, scientists said on Wednesday, warning that melting may be faster than previously expected in the coming years and drive sea levels higher.The world's glaci...

By AFPRio de Janeiro residents and tourists baked Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street parties swung into full gear.The municipality's Rio Alert system recorded 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) in the...

By AFP/Allison Jackson, I-Hwa Cheng and Akio WangArmed with a slingshot, Taiwanese bounty hunter Wu Cheng-hua bends sideways and aims his lethal weapon up at a green iguana, one of tens of thousands in the crosshairs of a government cull.Taiwan's igu...

By AFP/Amal JAYASINGHESri Lanka's main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary Sunday with a fruit feast for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece centre, reputedly the world's first care home for destitute pachyderms.The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage...

By AFP/Kyoko Hasegawa and Tomohiro OsakiJapan Tuesday pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade from 2013 levels but climate campaigners said the target fell short of what was needed under the Paris Agreement to limit...

By AFPFirst a river ran blood red. Now Argentina's beloved giant rodent, the capybara, has been coated in Hulk-green slime as pollution turns the country's waterways traffic light colours.The capybara, also known as a carpincho or chiguire, is the wo...