The World Health Organisation (WHO) singles out air pollution as one of the greatest environmental threats to health, as it accounts for a high number of non-communicable diseases such as heart attack ...

There are more than 15,000 cattle and hog feeding operations in the United States. These operations rear 70% of the country's cattle and 98% of its hogs. Now, for the first time in the nation's ...

A study by the University of Portsmouth has revealed for the first time the extent of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on livestock, humans and the wider environment on the Kenyan island of ...

Around the world, some animal species have become so rare that only a handful remain in the wild. Habitat destruction, ...

A coalition of environmental groups is seeking to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its regulation of large livestock operations that release pollutants into waterways. Food ...

A pair of zebra finches. Source: slowmotiongli, via iStock Photo. Noise pollution is widespread, encroaching into more wild places and impacting animals in myriad ways. Research shows that human-made ...

The results revealed a sharp divide depending on where the snakes lived.

NEW DELHI: Rising pollution levels in Delhi are taking a toll on pets and street animals, leading to health complications and behavioral changes, according to veterinarians. Pet owners and animal ...

Source: Artemy Voikhansky, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. According to the World Health Organization, noise caused by human activities is one of the most hazardous ...

A federal judge has thrown out a long-running lawsuit contesting EPA’s decision during President Donald Trump’s first term to give big hog, cattle and poultry businesses a pass on a key air pollution ...

Over the past year, San Diego County has become an unlikely backdrop for a series of unsettling animal displacements. On May 22, the Murphy Canyon plane crash claimed six lives—all passengers aboard ...