A pandemic of lianas is sweeping through tropical forests, reducing their ability to store carbon and limiting their role in ...

Massive deforestation has been taking place in the world's largest rainforest over the past few decades. Scientists believe that since 17% of the forest has already been lost, the tipping point ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Once considered a saloon or rec-room past-time by many, snooker has long been serious business in the UK and much of the rest of the world. Now, it seems, it’s China’s turn in ...

In 1975, the New York Times reported on a growing number of transmission problems in Pontiacs, Buicks, Cadillacs, and several other General Motors cars. The source of the trouble was a recent law ...

A strange peak in the middle of the Amazon rainforest may actually be the largest pyramid ever built in the ancient world. Known as Cerro El Cono, this massive, pyramid-shaped formation is cloaked ...

Desperate to survive in the depths of the world's largest tropical rainforest, the unnamed man would construct deep holes to trap animals and hide in. The hermit shunned all contact with the ...

A peculiar peak in the middle of the Amazon rainforest may not just be a geological ... Another is Gunung Padang, which is said to be the world’s oldest pyramid, dating back over 16,000 years.

The map below shows which states have measles cases confirmed by the CDC. States shown in red have a confirmed measles outbreak of three or more cases. Another outbreak not shown in the map above ...

Dr. Chris Bousfield, from the University of Sheffield's School of Biosciences, said, "Widespread illegal harvesting of Peru's rainforest is not just a disaster for Peru. The whole world relies on ...

Environments like rainforest were considered to be barriers to human expansion, and inhabited only much later in human history. This view is out of step with research in Asia, however. There ...

Osa is considered one of the most biologically diverse terrestrial ecosystems on the planet, and Corcovado is among the last low-laying tropical rainforests in the world. “We wanted to figure ...