Up to 40,000 fragments of plastic waste in every square kilometer of sea around Antarctica and over half of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef’s corals have disappeared. Things are not well in and around the land down under.

A UCLA study has revealed going green may not only boost a company’s street cred among consumers, its employees become more productive too.

Printed meat and leather manufactured in a laboratory should soon be a reality – but would you eat or wear animal products fully made in a lab if it meant less impact on the environment and removed the need to kill animals?

Recent research appears to indicate genetically modified maize (corn) is very toxic and often lethal to rats. But just hold off on declaring this as fact to others for a while – there are some issues.

Nature isn’t taking long to defeat genetically modified crops – but it raises the question, what next?

A pine tree in Japan that became a symbol of hope after the tsunami and earthquake disaster of 2011 has lost its battle; but will live on in a way and tell a story for generations to come.

Cleaning is an activity exposing many of us to all sorts of nasty chemicals that can be harmful to ourselves and the environment. A new EWG guide looks at 2,000 household cleaners and grades them A to F.

At the 11th hour, the super trawler Abel Tasman (aka FV Margiris) has been banned from fishing in Australian waters for at least 2 years.

News of the Arctic’s ice loss is mentioned so often it can be a little ho-hum; but this image drives home just how massive it is.

Researchers from the Stockholm International Water Institute say animal products may need to be virtually off the menu for most of us due to population pressures and the availability of water.