For Yuni Rizkiah, swimming in the ocean never came easily. Growing up in Sumbawa, she was terrorized by stories of water demons and serpents as a child, told by her father—not out of malice, but as a ...

Some of the rarest wild cats in the world possess extraordinary traits that help them survive in extreme environments. From ...

A string of heists targeting BNSF trains in California and Arizona resulted in the theft of $2 million worth of Nike sneakers ...

For a religion that preaches the transience of all things, the ever shifting sands of China's western deserts might seem the ...

A woman is taking on a five-day trek across the Sahara Desert in memory of her mother, who died after living with dementia for 12 years. Mary-Joy Albutt, from Kidderminster, will hike more than 62 ...

Sand is one of the most extracted natural resources on Earth, yet its environmental impact remains dangerously overlooked.

Scientists outline the urgency to better identify the significant damage sand extraction across the world heaps upon marine biodiversity.

A still from one of the projections in Verdigris Ensemble's production of "Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of ...

Throughout the Sharjah Biennial, works are described using politicized language that highlights the vast social and environmental ideas tackled.

Smoke in Our Hair,” a recent exhibition at Hudson River Museum, shows works by contemporary Native American, Alaska Native, ...

Yemen’s pregnant women face brutal sandstorms, living in shelters torn apart by the wind, with no medical care, no clean ...

For two GM engineers, preparing for an off-road rally and a baby took teamwork and a lot of technical expertise.