The Pacific Rim trade ministers meeting in Vietnam have committed to move ahead with the Trans Pacific Partnership trade pact after the United States pulled out...

A morbidly obese wild monkey who gorged himself on junk food and soda left behind by tourists has been rescued and placed on a strict diet of lean protein, fruits and vegetables...

Commercial development of the globe's vast reserves of a frozen fossil fuel known as "combustible ice" has moved closer to reality after Japan and China successfully extracted the material from the se...

Japan backs push for pollution-free vehicles that run on hydrogen, plans to build more hydrogen fueling stations and boost number of fuel-cell vehicles on roads to 40,000 by 2020...

Vietnam is maintaining a ban on deep-water fishing in four central provinces one year after a Taiwanese-owned steel plant discharged toxins into the sea and caused the country's worst environmental di...

Indonesian authorities have arrested a Japanese man who conservationists says is a major player in the illegal wildlife trade for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 250 reptiles out of the coun...

Princess Mako, the granddaughter of Japan's emperor, is getting married to an ocean-lover who can ski, play the violin and cook, according to public broadcaster NHK TV...

A conservation group says a rare albino orangutan rescued in Indonesia has been named "Alba" after thousands of suggestions were sent from around the world...

Malaysian authorities say they have seized 330 exotic tortoises from Madagascar worth 1.2 million ringgit ($276,721) in the latest heist of illegal wildlife and animal parts being smuggled into the co...

The imprisonment of a Christian politician for blaspheming Islam has triggered an outpouring of anger and support around Indonesia...