All Stories: Nature

Humanity is rapidly destroying the natural world upon which our prosperity -- and ultimately our survival -- depends,

Since 1990, Earth has lost 2.9 million hectares -- an area more than eight times the size of Germany or Vietnam -- of forests that play a critical role in absorbing record-level CO2 emissions.

OTTAWA: A group of Canadian doctors are to begin prescribing trips to an art gallery to help patients suffering a range of ailments become...

MEDELLÍN, Colombia: Humanity is risking its own well-being by over-harvesting and harming nature's bounty, said a comprehensive survey Friday that warned animal and plant...

For the first time, researchers have found that the environment you’re raised in is as important as your genes in determining risk for major...

AMSTERDAM: Dutch scientists have developed an artificial leaf that can act as a mini-factory for producing drugs, an advance that could allow medicines to...

PARIS: The Moon is bombarded by so much space rock that its surface gets a complete facelift every 81,000 years, according to a study released...

PARIS, FRANCE: Scientists on Wednesday unveiled patterns in the largest catalogue of human genetic variation ever assembled, highlighting mutations mistakenly blamed for causing rare diseases and others that may play an unexpected role in ill health.

PARIS: In just over seven months, humanity has used up a full year's allotment of natural resources such as water, food and clean air -- the quickest rate yet, according to a new report.

OSLO: A global scientific group on Sunday launched a three-year assessment of mankind's impact on nature to help protect plants and animals from threats ranging from pollution to climate change.

LAHORE: Pakistani tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq became World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - Pakistan's goodwill ambassador to raise support for conservation of environment and wildlife.