Venezuela claims to be importing from the rest of the world roughly as much as it was exporting during those years ...

The international day for the eradication of poverty, commemorated last week, was a grim reminder that the UN will not ...

Matthew Jacobs* has been married for two years but his wife doesn’t know that he is also in a relationship with someone else. If his secret were discovered, it could result in him ending up in jail.

The world is getting hotter. And the consequences are already being felt. From devastating floods and prolonged droughts to intensifying heatwaves, climate change is disrupting lives and livelihoods ...

Bangladesh has earned global recognition for reducing deaths from cyclones and floods. Early warning systems, cyclone ...

A catch tells only part of the story of the ocean's biodiversity. Now with UNESCO's eDNA, a sample of seawater could help fill those gaps.

From a very young age, Irma Castañeda has braided her curly hair and cared for it with natural recipes inherited from her mother, ignoring the widespread conception that black women’s hair is “ugly” ...

With Haiti’s Parliament having dissolved on Tuesday, civil society groups are worried that the Haitian president may move to unilaterally put in place a contentious revision to the country’s ...

A buyer offers banknotes during a fish auction at Darajani Market in Zanzibar, where livelihoods depend on the marine life that environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys can help scientists monitor and protect ...

The Sámi, Europe's last recognised Indigenous community, have faced threats to their existence throughout history.