Humans have a "disproportionately huge effect" on the other species of vertebrates that share Earth's surface with us, causing more than 25 percent of the deaths among an array of species all over the globe, according to a recently published study.

According to a group of international researchers, the potential for large countries to contribute to environmental protection is being overlooked.

Purdue University researchers have created a chemical conversion process that could allow polyolefin waste into useful products, such as clean fuels and other items.

Scientists from five European countries have joined forces to develop next-generation 'chemical noses' to remove industrial pollutants from the environment.

When Yashi Parmar landed in the remote northern hamlet of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, on Baffin Island last summer, she was shown a number of steel barrels that had once contained an unidentified toxic substance.

Arctic permafrost is thawing as the Earth warms due to climate change.

Rice University engineers have figured out how soil contaminated by heavy oil can not only be cleaned but made fertile again.

 A scavenger study that used fish carcasses as bait provides additional evidence that wildlife is abundant in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, University of Georgia researchers said.

A University of Southampton study suggests that the membrane of salmon eggs may evolve to cope with reduced oxygen levels in rivers, thereby helping their embryos to incubate successfully.

Scientists have used a Nobel-Prize winning Chemistry technique on a mixture of metals to potentially reduce the cost of fuel cells used in electric cars and reduce harmful emissions from conventional vehicles.