Ten kilometers off Mityana road, down a dusty, unmarked path, The Observer team made its way to the Buyala landfill, a site ...

As the largest rodent ever in North America, the giant beaver also would have existed with the first people ever to settle in ...

Dozens of cranes have in recent years been found dead after they were poisoned by rice and maize farmers in Lwengo district, in south-central Uganda. "One of the biggest threats against cranes is ...

However, Picking countered: “Our crocodiles are more likely to flee at the sight of humans than attack… They primarily feed ...

Monday is Harriet Tubman Day, and archaeologists with the Maryland Department of Transportation found a way to bring her ...

Sheria Smith, the president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, which represents more than 2,800 ...

Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career, Frost got paid—$15, by the editor of a New York weekly called The Independent. “On reading ‘My Butterfly,’ ” Adam Plunkett writes in ...

If we are to take seriously the threats of drought, climate change and water security, we should not reduce this place to a warring of two — or even many — sides.

The state's deep connection to nature, especially the forests and rivers, has inspired some of the most unique and ...

Jaguars are majestic animals that have captivated people for centuries. But these big cats are facing huge challenges in a ...