Month: November 2015

Do we underestimate the power of plants and trees? There are an estimated three trillion trees on Earth – Getty Images Research suggests plants might be capable of more than …

  [embedplusvideo height=”451″ width=”750″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1NfZ6ec” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/BkUHfJaP–4?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=BkUHfJaP–4&width=750&height=451&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep1956″ /]   Palau World Heritage – A Naturalist’s Haven A mini documentary by Silke de Vos. All around the world nature is …

‘Our melting, shifting, liquid world’: celebrities read poems on climate change Actors including James Franco, Ruth Wilson, Gabriel Byrne, Maxine Peake, Jeremy Irons, Kelly Macdonald and Michael Sheen read a …

Brazil Dam Burst: After Agreement, Samarco Will Initially Pay R$ 1 Billion to Cover Emergency Expenses The mining company Samarco, responsible for the dam that burst in Mariana (Minas Gerais) …

Palau protects marine wealth to pay for its future The banning of fishing in a newly created Pacific marine sanctuary will help stocks recover and attract high-end tourist dollars as …

The wild beauty of México By Kara Segedin  To celebrate the launch of our BBC Earth channel across Latin America, our latest Earth Capture challenge is ‘Wild Mexico’. Join the …

Peru protects vast ‘Yellowstone of the Amazon’ The new, 3.3 million-acre national park is larger than Yellowstone and Yosemite combined. It also preserves key habitat for thousands of native species …

Science Plan to Export Chimps Tests Law to Protect Species By JAMES GORMAN In June, the United States announced that all chimpanzees would be designated as endangered. Credit Pat Sullivan/Associated …