Local languages and rare vocabularies hold invaluable knowledge about the environment, nature, and history.

The "historic" definition of ecocide, if adopted by the international criminal court. will be used to prosecute environmental offenses by individuals.

Herds of elephants traveling through forests in China raises concerns about the loss of land that may be prompting this behavior.

"Immunocompromised conditions [in aquatic animals] can be brought about by changes in the environment such as temperature, salinity, pH, pollution."

"At a time when... the lives of elephants are being heavily impacted by humans, we also want to spell out to the world what we stand to lose."

Natural protections, such as mangroves, can help safeguard the islands against land loss and erosion, researchers say.

"... it's pretty cool that the same system that keeps the world safe from nuclear bombs allows us to find new whale populations."

"That there were two relatively large animals that had gone unreported shows how little we know about the natural world."

Violence results in habitat degradation, over-exploitation of natural resources, and more frequent hunting -- putting these species at risk.

Researchers found the forests were not "cleared, farmed, or otherwise significantly altered in prehistory.”

Dangerous fishing gear and ship collisions are contributing to diminishing the size of the North Atlantic right whales.

"They might need to say ‘tomahto’ instead of ‘tomayto’... so that they can really understand each other."

The accident spilled plastics and hazardous chemicals, killing marine life and threatening the surrounding ecology.

"By properly counting what’s out there, we learn what species might be vulnerable and can track how these patterns change over time."

The inflow of chemicals from industries and agricultural fields into the Mottanalluru Lake has led to fish deaths over the past week.

Sharks may have a “magnetic map” in their heads telling them their geographic location, experts say.

"If there is a lesson, then it is simply this: act like our distant ancestors did, take what you need from nature but do not destroy it in the process."

Activists say any gains in electricity from the dam will come at the cost of indigenous livelihoods, health, and rights.