A fire broke out at a chemical plant in Eastern Saudi Arabia on Saturday at 11:40 am.

Ethiopia is facing one of the worst famines in 50 years. Africa has always been one of the worst affected places when it comes to famines and droughts.

The dry forests of Cambodia once serve as the home for a number of Indochinese tigers, but now, due to excessive human activities, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has declared tigers to be "functionally"

A new study revealed that over 640 million people globally are considered to be obese, now outnumbering people who are considered to be underweight.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered eight new whip spider species in the Brazilian Amazon, which nearly doubles the number known to inhabit the region.

Throughout the United States, forests are feeling the impact of climate change and increasing drought, as noted by a new study by individuals from 14 research institutions.

Earthquakes have greater reach than previously thought. In fact, their ruptures can leap further -- a good bit further than previous research has known.

Climate change mitigation largely focuses on old-growth tropical forests, but a new study from the University of Minnesota, suggests that regenerated or secondary tropical forests may play a much l

Forests help mitigate climate change by storing carbon that would otherwise end up in the atmosphere.

Two new tree frog species with gemstone-colored eyes have been discovered in broadleaf forests in the island country of Taiwan.