Many specimens were discovered to be carrying bacteria and worms that can be passed on to humans, prompting experts to talk about a public health problem

The taste for tiny electric vehicles has become a quirky subplot in China’s clean-energy ambitions, with sales more than twice that of regular electric cars.

Ahmet Hergune was killed during the conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in 1974

Southern California went 87 days without a clean air day, the longest stretch of consecutive ozone pollution violations in at least 20 years. Regulators blame the persistence in pollution on hot, stagnant weather and are studying whether climate change is driving it.

On the British Columbia coast, the Heiltsuk First Nation asserts its rights to manage its resources, and who has access to them, through the seasonal herring harvest. By Ian Gill.

A pear seedling selection named Bradford was cloned by the gazillion to become the ubiquitous street tree of America’s postwar suburban expansion. Then it turned invasive. By Adrian Higgins.

Jeanne Robertson

If you aren't fond of spiders, this scene will sound like a nightmare. A 300-metre-long (1,000-foot) field of spiderweb has sprung up in western Greece in the town of Aitoliko.

Farmers growing the smoky pepper had no idea chefs were paying top dollar for it.

The country is using oil and gas riches to engineer emission-free vessels

President of Kosovo says his country would open an embassy in Jerusalem if Israel recognizes it as an independent state.

It was the height of luxury when it was built in 1971 near the Armenian capital Yerevan. Now stepping inside Zvartnots airport's abandoned terminal is like being transported back four decades.

Protected forests in Brazil and Peru hold some of the world’s last remote indigenous groups, increasingly threatened by resource-hungry outsiders.

In Pontevedra, the usual soundtrack of a Spanish city has been replaced by the tweeting of birds and the chatter of humans

How cauliflower took over your pizza, your kitchen, and the world

The Long March 9 rocket would be on par with the Saturn V booster.

Artificial trans fats will be off Canadian plates for good, as the final step to ban them in Canada is scheduled to take effect Monday. Researchers believe a ban could prevent up to 12,000 heart attacks in Canada over 20 years.

The once-endangered vicuna is thriving in the Peruvian Andes, thanks to a bold plan to sustainably gather and sell its valuable fleece – and give locals a stake in its survival.

Meet Whang Od. She lives in the Philippines and is the last master of the art of traditional, hand-tapped Filipino tattoos.

Groundbreaking Channel 4 series from 1998 exploring Outsider Art, in which Jarvis Cocker travels the globe in search of large-scale visionary environments. [All three episodes inside the snap.]