Oil prices jumped more than 3% after reports that two tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz had been hit by unknown projectiles.

Forty at-risk animal species are gaining new protections from the United Nations. At a U.N. wildlife conservation meeting in Campo Grande, Brazil, on March 29, the Convention on the Conservation of ...

Manama, Bahrain—Conservation and animal protection organizations are alarmed that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) today postponed an “in danger” listing for Mexico’s Islands and Protected ...

Washington, DC—Although the World Heritage Committee designated Mexico’s “Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California” as a World Heritage property in 2005 in recognition of the area’s ...

Representatives from 132 countries and the EU met in Brazil to address threats to species such as the snowy owl Representatives from 132 countries and the EU met in Brazil to address threats to ...

Representatives from 132 countries and the EU met in Brazil to address threats to species such as the snowy owl Christopher Edwards is a writer on the Lifestyle team at PEOPLE. He has been working at ...