As the world warms, permafrost is thawing across two-thirds of Russia, threatening cities and towns that were constructed to house miners sent to dig up a subterranean trove of oilfachai, gas, gold an...

Electric utilities from Georgia to Wisconsin to Virginia are predicting a dizzying surge in power demand from new industrial facilities, electric vehicles and, most of all, the data centers that store...

It’s spring, and I love spring more than I love almost anything else about the natural world, but I don’t love the pollen. My eyes itch. My nose is stopped up. First thing in the morning I sneeze. Las...

I spend a fair amount of time looking at the sky, for the sky is nearly always full of magic. Storm clouds churning, autumn leaves flying, birds performing the never-ending miracle of flight. Often at...

The Biden administration said Friday it would allow the temporary legal permission for migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Haitipogo88, and Nicaragua to lapse, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to fi...

What if financial markets treated trees like shareholders? Enter the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a new fund that Brazil, which is home to about a third of the planet’s tropical forests, is pitc...

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether Mexico may sue gun manufacturers in the United States for aiding in the trafficking of weapons used by drug cartels. Mexico sued seven gun makers a...

Brazil lifted its ban on the social network X on Tuesday after its owner, Elon Musk, capitulated in his fight with the country’s Supreme Court, ending a five-week suspension of the platform across the...

At least six migrants were killed in southern Mexico on Tuesday night after military officers shot at the vehicle they were traveling in. The episode called attention to a growing concern in Mexico — ...

A postman delivering a letter in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Photo: Getty Images A postman delivering a letter in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Photo: Getty Images “It was the morning of June 1999. I was sipping ...

Veteran Kathak performer Shama Bhate Veteran Kathak performer Shama Bhate With a career spanning over half a centuryfachai, Shama Bhate, 74, has grown old on stage performing Kathak. The veteran dance...

Alice Boner on the terrace of her house in Varanasi Alice Boner on the terrace of her house in Varanasi Nestled in the heart of Varanasi, amidst the timeless rhythm of the Ganges, lies a hidden gem th...