Discover how the very special apple snail uses its snorkel to survive in poorly oxygenated water and helps other aquatic animals too.

Clearing rainforest to cattle farming is much worse for nature than previously thought, a landmark survey of birds in ...

A global study finds tropical arthropods are vanishing fast. Climate-driven shifts, not deforestation, appear to be the main cause.

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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining employs more than 15 million people globally and generates a fifth of global gold ...

To mark SG60, The Straits Times traces the nation’s leafy metamorphosis, and why it matters for the people and wildlife of ...

In the words of Nobel Prize-winning author and poet Hermann Hesse, “Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them ...

In the West Papuan regency of Merauke, close to the border with Papua New Guinea, Indonesia is rapidly clearing land ...

The silver scarab looks like living metal! Find out why, whether you can own one, and how you can see one in the wild.

At the Smithsonian Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland, cabinets contain thousands of wood specimens, some of which ...

The Christmas cactus might be the most misunderstood houseplant out there. First off, it's not really a cactus – at least not the desert kind you're ...

In 1953, renowned author and notorious drug experimentalist William S. Burroughs made a trip to the Amazon rainforest on a ...