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 ...

The Pacific Ocean fog hung densely over the narrow mouth of the Klamath River in this coastal rainforest in northern ...

In 2008, the United Nations recognized June 8 as World Oceans Day to spotlight the rising vulnerabilities facing the oceans that cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface. At the same time, scientists ...

Nurul Nazipah’s favorite dish to cook is one that involves going into the Muaro Jambi forest to pick from among 120 different ...

Herpetology has long navigated through tangled terrain in Papua New Guinea, where species mislabeling and sparse sampling ...

Sending scuba divers down to survey corals is time-consuming and expensive. In recent years, scientists have developed other ...

The Kasawari gas field, off the coast of Malaysian Borneo, was discovered in 2011 and has been seen as a lifeline for the ...

Year after year, a colony of elephant seals arrives in Jackson Bay, on the islands of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of ...