Scientists estimate that these areas of porous bedrock are home to as many as 1.5 billion people, a quarter of the global population ... with the highest density of poverty are in rural karst areas.

More than 70% of the remaining African elephants are concentrated in southern African countries, particularly Botswana and ...

A pioneering study has unveiled key genetic drivers behind the valuable traits of the yardlong bean, a nutrient-rich crop ...

The potential is not limited to the sea. You can discover the county’s tin mining heritage at Helston’s Poldark Mine. The ...

China released a new map for its southernmost city of Sansha as the country works to consolidate its control over the strategically important waters of the South China Sea. The city comprises two ...

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.

China has marked out its territorial claim to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea after the Philippines passed legislation outlining its rival claim. On Sunday Beijing published ...

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