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The risk of snakebites is increasing across the world as reptiles shift their habitats to cope with rising temperatures and growing human pressures, a study of venomous snakes has found.

The world added dozens of new coal power plants last year in what amounted to the biggest coal buildout in a decade, according to a new analysis.

While China's push to modernize sparked a surge in burning coal, India is turning to increasingly cheap solar to meet its booming energy needs.

When Yale E360 launched in 2008, it was a pioneer in online environmental journalism, filling a critical gap in coverage.

A decade ago, illicit gold miners in the Brazilian Amazon began invading the lands of the Yanomami people.

The winners of the 2026 Environmental Photography Award capture both the lush beauty of the natural world and the heavy imprint left by humanity.

Facing a months-long U.S. blockade, Cuba announced Wednesday that the country had run out of diesel and fuel oil.

The campaign to restore the Everglades has received a boost with completion of a key project that returns the flow of water to 55,000 acres that had once been drained for development.

Southern California has seen a spike in great white shark sightings amid a spate of unseasonably warm spring weather.

A study of hundreds of armed conflicts around the world finds that severe drought raises the risk of violent clashes.

While our emissions are trapping heat near the surface of the Earth, they are having the opposite effect in the upper atmosphere.

A new study identifies thousands of flowering plants belonging to rare and ancient lineages that are in urgent need of protection.

Scientists are increasingly worried that a vast system of ocean circulation, which delivers warmth to northern Europe and impacts climate globally, is at risk of collapse.

Rising seas could render New Orleans uninhabitable before the end of this century, according to a new paper calling for a managed retreat from the city.

Tiny particles of plastic amassing in the atmosphere may be intensifying warming, according to new study.

Italy has seen a growing number of wolf-dog hybrids, raising concerns about the future of its wolves.

While the Trump administration is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering from a resurgence of black lung disease.

El Niño is temporary, but scientists warn that its climate impacts are not.

For the last two decades, conservationists on the remote Pacific atoll of Palmyra have been working to uproot invasive palm trees and restore native wildlife.

As the war in Iran squeezes the global supply of oil and gas, countries are looking to source more solar power.

The 13th annual Yale Environment 360 Film Contest is now accepting entries.

A growing body of research is pointing to the critical, but unappreciated, role that older animals play in ensuring the survival of wildlife populations.

Schemes that certify wood or paper as sustainable are doing little to stem the loss of forests globally, a study finds.

The evolutionary edge that fueled great white shark dominance for millions of years could soon become its greatest downfall.

The energy shocks rippling from the war in Iran have prompted countries, from Cambodia to Peru, to embrace remote work.

Three decades after one of the largest lead mines in the world closed down, people in Kabwe, Zambia, are still dealing with the aftermath.