Paraguay now malaria-free

The country has worked on eliminating the disease for more than five decades and finally found success

State of Global Biodiversity

For three years, 550 scientists studied status of land quality and biodiversity in the world. They highlight the sorry state of global natural …

New evidence emerges on how Mayas fortified maize, built indoor toilets

Scientists find maize starch spherulites , a unique byproduct of nixtamalisation, as well as tapeworms at a Maya archaeological site

Global measles outbreak could mar eradication by 2020

While Europe saw the highest spike this decade, India reported the maximum cases between July 2017 and June 2018

Americas has 13% of world population, but exploits quarter of global natural resources

As much as 65 per cent of Americas’ natural resources are not available to it anymore

California’s 1st fatal cougar attack in 20 years: These tips can help in encounters with the Americas’ apex felid

Don’t run, bend or crouch; if a cougar attacks, fight back with whatever is at hand, even your bare hands

Criollo: This breed of cattle developed in the New World can withstand climate change, say Irish scientists

Descended from Iberian cattle brought by Spanish colonists to the Americas, the Criollo has a myriad of climate-adaptive traits

Mammals under threat: 2nd extinction wave underway in Australia, Caribbean

New study predicts 558 species of mammals to be extinct by turn of century

Latin America in grip of chikungunya

Around a million people are reported to have been infected with disease in 34 countries

Web of relationships: How pumas hold together America ecosystems

The predator, exclusive to the Americas, maintains ties with nearly 500 living species, find study

Pumas adapt behaviour to save energy for mountain survival: Study

Finding important as many top predators are being forced to move into areas where they have to expend more energy to travel

Did ancient Americans settle in Polynesia? The evidence doesn’t stack up

Indigenous Americans have no history of open ocean voyaging. Similarly, there is no archaeological evidence of pre-Polynesian occupation on any …

Arid Americas: Are Pantanal, Colorado in a ‘post-drought’ stage

The Pantanal wetland in South America and the Colorado river basin in North America have experienced extreme drought in the last few years, which …

300 million sub-Saharan Africans could go hungry due to Fall Armyworm

A pest that feeds on sorghum, millet and maize will cause severe destruction to crops if left unchecked, warns the Food and Agriculture Organization

COVID-19 to Black Lives Matter: How the Columbian Exchange still shapes lives

Down To Earth talks with American journalist and author Charles C Mann about the relevance of the Columbian Exchange in today’s pandemic-…

Mount Everest glaciers melting rapidly, says study

Everest region has undergone a 0.6°C increase in temperature since 1992