Climate change has brought about new challenges for the human race. The latest one is the invasion of ticks and spread of Lyme disease.

Canada and the Philippines are reportedly close to a solution to the vexed issue of hazardous waste containers shipped to Philippines.

Hundreds of farmers in Tanzania are abandoning crops of coffee and cotton due to changes in the local climate.

One of the world's iconic freshwater fish, the giant humpback Mahseer found in India, is on the brink of extinction, thanks to a conservation programme that has backfired, according to scientists.

For 12 hours a day, Muhammad Islam serves up spicy South Asian cuisine from a metal food cart near New York City’s Wall Street.

In the first four months of 2015, a record 393 rhinos were killed by poachers in South Africa, marking an 18 percent rise over the same period last year, the country’s environment minister said, du

The World Health Organization has said the use of disease names such as swine flu have stigmatized certain communities.Getty Images

Measles, while not always fatal, is a potentially serious and highly communicable respiratory disease caused by a virus and spreads in the air.(Reuters)

Scientists in Pennsylvania say they've found a clear link between natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region and local groundwater contamination.

Ice cores pulled from miles below Antarctica’s surface are revealing new evidence of ancient links between the climates of Earth’s Northern and Southern hemispheres.