Florida Wildlife officials released a report November 10 that warns that giant snakes kept as pets and released into the wilds pose threats to Florida's ecology.

Riding a wave of flood water, Asian carp are poised to make their final thrust past all barriers to reach Lake Michigan. Will government react in time to prevent this environmental disaster?

A new study shows how the ancient Nazca civilisation destroyed itself by deforestation, and the lessons are all too clear for us today. The civilisation, which flourished in coastal Peru, is known for patterns that can only be seen from the air.

As the H1N1 swine flu pandemic stretches further into the North American ecology, Florida's health officials craft a plan that would bar certain patients from being admitted to hospitals across the state.

37 states are reporting widespread swine flu cases, as the pandemic becomes entrenched in the American ecology. The CDC said 76 children had died, 16 new deaths this week alone.

With the world's governments working feverishly to create climate change legislation standards, a Columbia University study on drought conditions in the southeast disputes prior conclusions on the ties to global warming.

The city of Lyon France is surrounded by rural areas and small producers that offer a wide range of fruit and vegetables on the markets of Lyon. In the wake of recent national protests by fruit producers against big business tactics, they have their say.

India's health minister pushes for electricity expansion into the country's villages, saying that late-night television will make people fall asleep and curb procreation.

Why a photograph during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina speaks in its thousand words on the nature of pharmaceutical dependence and what that dependence means for freshwater supplies and for human health.

The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity or ACB is now accepting entries to the 1st ASEAN-wide photo contest “Zooming in on Biodiversity”.

The decades of drift nets, long lines and ocean abuse are coming home to roost. The ocean food chain is coming unstuck to the point that jellyfish populations, free from fish predators, are exploding. Some of these things are giants, up to 200kg.

Chilean scientists are trying to make sense of a series of as-yet-unexplained ecological disasters. Animals have been dying in huge numbers.

They have occupied the island, Raven’s Ait, in a bid to transform it into a viable autonomous and pollution-free community. It’s an ambitious and original project which may, with a bit of luck, transform the island into a model of durable development.

White-nose syndrome wiped out 90 per-cent of the bat population in Connecticut over the winter. The plague is currently racing across the country with the potential for devastating effects on the general ecology.

Chernobyl isn’t a nice place. It’s wiping out animal populations, drawing in others, and wiping them out. Mutation levels are high. The animals aren't deformed, just dying. So is the credibility of much of the information about Chernobyl.

When the Drake Oil Well in Titusville, Pennsylvania began seeping crude oil 150 years ago, humanity allowed itself to become engulfed in the ecology of oil.

In Australian folklore for years have been tales of mysterious Panthers. I’ve seen one, written about it, and they’re one of the most beautiful things you could ever wish to see. Finally, someone’s got a photo.

For ants, supercolonies are a huge evolutionary step. These are virtually immortal colonies, ant “civilizations”. These colonies contain multiple queens, and millions of workers. They also destroy native ant species, and trash ecologies.

The New Zealand mud snail currently inhabits four of the five Great Lakes and is now spreading into rivers and tributaries,

If you haven’t heard “green” rolling off the lips of businessmen and politicians lately, you’ve probably been vacationing on Mars.