A new study based on research in western Australia suggests that warming seas can benefit corals — but perhaps only to a point.

The word “cattle,” for most of us, is the antithesis of exotic; it’s familiar like a family member one’s happy enough to ignore, but doesn’t really mind having around. Think for a moment of the names: cattle, cow, bovine…likely they make many of us t…

Rising human consumption of marine mammals in tropical regions poses a threat to animals like the dugong, which is similar to a manatee, and the Atlantic humpback dolphin, researchers write.

Musical artists, and dancer extraordinare, Beyoncé has been awarded a new honor this week: entomologists in Australia have named a new horse fly after the American singer. The new horse fly, dubbed Scaptia beyonceae, is found in Queensland’s Atherton …

A new study in Biology Letters has found that warmer temperatures may make lizards smarter, even as past studies have linked a global decline in lizards to climate change.

A snake found in a heavily logged area of eastern Tanzania is likely to be classified as critically endangered, conservationists say.

The Obama administration plans to expedite wind and solar energy projects on reservations around the country.

An owner of protected wild lands in Australia is fighting plans for a giant coal mine supplying China.

Digging deep on the growing flows of coal to China and other emerging industrial centers in Asia.

Fast-growing exports of coal from rich countries to China show the limits of domestic greenhouse-gas policy.