The Indonesian government has suspended nickel mining in the Raja Ampat archipelago, citing multiple environmental violations ...

When wildfires rage across landscapes, smoke fills our skies and chokes our lungs. It makes headlines, emergency measures are triggered, and communities rally to respond. We act because we can see it, ...

Brazil, which accounts for large reserves of nickel, graphite, rare earths, lithium and niobium, would be one of the most ...

Siphe Mlawuli stands next to her e-bike outside a popular fast-food outlet in Table Bay, a Cape Town suburb. The sun has just ...

Researchers surveying forested mountains in south-central Vietnam have located a new subpopulation of gray-shanked douc ...

Dewdrops cling to weeds in the Banggai archipelago as Deslin Kalaeng grasps a large round root vegetable from the ancient karst. “That’s the Banggai yam,” she says, shortly after daybreak over the ...

A Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) found in the Karnali River in western Nepal marks the species’ northernmost record in the ...

Peru and Brazil signed an energy agreement that included the construction of several hydroelectric power plants in the ...

In the Tang dynasty, Chinese merchants began buying rice on credit with a system that relied on trust and trade to sidestep ...

In a significant blow to wildlife trafficking, Nigerian authorities recently seized 2 metric tons of pangolin scales, worth ...

U.S. canned tuna producer Bumble Bee Foods has asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that it knowingly benefited from ...

While oil prospects in the Amazon north shore attract international attention, the offer of exploration blocks around ...