Nature
World seeing ‘catastrophic collapse’ of insects: study
Environment
February 12, 2019
World seeing ‘catastrophic collapse’ of insects: study
Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according to a…
No fooling crafty crows on best plants for tool-making
Environment
February 6, 2019
No fooling crafty crows on best plants for tool-making
Like master artisans selecting the finest raw materials for their showpiece designs, New Caledonian crows identify the best plants for…
Butterflies, the unlikely victims of Trump’s border wall
Environment
January 19, 2019
Butterflies, the unlikely victims of Trump’s border wall
In Mission, Texas, the construction of part of a long-promised wall on the border with Mexico to stem the…
Egypt has highest scientific research increase in 2018: Nature
Science
December 24, 2018
Egypt has highest scientific research increase in 2018: Nature
The scientific journal Nature published a report saying that Egypt is among the countries with the highest increase in scientific…
Green thumb spruces up Bangladesh one tree at a time
Environment
December 13, 2018
Green thumb spruces up Bangladesh one tree at a time
Ohid Sarder pries a rusted nail from a tree and drops it into his bucket, another eyesore scrubbed from the…
Siberia fights to preserve permafrost
Environment
December 5, 2018
Siberia fights to preserve permafrost
Eduard Romanov points to a spot on a block of flats in Siberia where a major supporting beam has sagged…
David Attenborough: ‘The collapse of our civilizations is on the horizon’
Environment
December 3, 2018
David Attenborough: ‘The collapse of our civilizations is on the horizon’
Renowned nature broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has told world leaders that climate change could lead to collapse of civilizations,…
Swimmer killed by stingray, two mauled by sharks in Australia
Environment
November 18, 2018
Swimmer killed by stingray, two mauled by sharks in Australia
A swimmer died after a rare suspected stingray attack off an Australian beach while another two people were mauled…
Rare Sumatran tiger rescued from beneath shop in Indonesia
Environment
November 17, 2018
Rare Sumatran tiger rescued from beneath shop in Indonesia
A rare Sumatran tiger that was trapped beneath the floor of a shop for three days has been rescued,…
Nature pushed to the brink by ‘runaway consumption’
Environment
October 30, 2018
Nature pushed to the brink by ‘runaway consumption’
Unbridled consumption has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth’s capacity to accommodate humanity’s expanding appetites,…