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The European Commission is set to vote on new regulations targeting the loss of “nurdles”, tiny plastic pellets that are a major source of ocean microplastic pollution, requiring companies to adopt stricter safeguards in handling and transport.

Former National Park Service leaders Jonathan and Destry Jarvis argue that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s decision to keep national parks open without staff during the federal shutdown violates the agency’s legal mandate to preserve park resources “unimpaired” for future generations.

The administration is diverting funds that had been set aside for renewable energy to support the island’s storm-battered grid.

HUAY EE KHANG, Thailand — “Do you hear the birds calling?” asks Noraeri Thungmueangthong, as the vibrant trill of a blue-throated barbet rings through the pine trees looming up ahead. “That’s a sign we’re entering the sacred forest.” Noraeri is…

A new study of one of Canada’s most urbanized rivers suggests it dumps the equivalent of about 18 cars worth of microplastics into Lake Ontario every year, a finding that shocked the lead author and underscored efforts to cut down…

The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared officially extinct. It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out from the island since the…

The world’s forests tell two stories at once. Even as chainsaws advance, new trees are rising in their wake. More than 11 million hectares of tropical moist forest—an area roughly the size of Cuba—were in some stage of natural regrowth between…

JAKARTA — “Going to Dubai was an act of desperation,” says Muninggar, a 48-year-old former fish farmer from northern Java. “There were no jobs left in the village. If I wasn’t forced to, I wouldn’t have gone — my kids…