This memoir is a beautifully crafted ode to the Himalaya as well as a cry from the heart about its continuing destruction ...

In many parts of the world, Christmas is a lot more than decorated trees, cakes, family dinners, and Santa Claus. Here are seven fascinating traditions followed across the globe on the festival.

Japanese journalist Shiori Ito's documentary, “Black Box Diaries,” has finally premiered in Japan after facing legal hurdles.

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Marsabit’s pastoralist communities are embracing modern disease surveillance to fight brucellosis, a neglected but dangerous ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will – has been the main form of livestock production. It has been a source ...

If your stockings already are hung by the chimney with care and you just finished a spreadsheet detailing every holiday market within a 50-mile radius, you might be ready for Christmas. The Columbian ...

Working with South African daisies, Colombian magnolias and Philippine coffee trees, botanists the world over are discovering the secrets to bringing extremely rare and threatened plants back from the ...

African Locust bean, locally called “Dawadawa”, is a proteinous fruit used in spicy food among households in northern Nigeria. However, reports show that the burning of forests by counter-insurgency ...

ON a bright Saturday morning, 89-year-old Malam Gwadoddi Shehu sat in the corridor of his home in Gwadoddi Village, Rabbah Council of Sokoto State, reflecting on the past. Even now, in his old age, he ...