Zoonoses—diseases that spread from animals to humans—began to gain prevalence some 6,500 years ago with the rise of animal ...

Fierce summer temperatures can make much of Southern Europe difficult for active, nature-loving breaks in summer. But that ...

A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according to a new study.

The leaders of France, Germany and Britain are building parallel diplomatic institutions to defend Europe as President Trump ...

Dutch investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen published In the Name of Nature: An Investigation into the Neocolonial ...

Peatlands are fragile ecosystems that store twice as much carbon as forests. UNEP’s Global Peatlands Initiative spotlights efforts to protect them in the Hotspot Atlas.

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Trump lands in Texas to survey flood damage - President Donald Trump has landed in Texas for a firsthand look at the ...

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles. The judge’s order ...

Federal judges will weigh a request to require Alabama to submit its next congressional map for preclearance.

In 2013, when Sandra Altherr, co-founder of the German NGO Pro Wildlife, began looking into the reptile trade in Europe, she wondered why people paid thousands of euros for little-known reptiles whose ...