Environment

Flamingos are beautiful birds that can be classified into six species.

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A number of endemic parrot species inhabit New Zealand including the kea, kakapo, the New Zealand kaka, and more.

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Any organism that creates, alters, maintains, repairs, or destroys a habitat is known as an ecosystem engineer.

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Lava lakes are massive bodies of lava that can be wholly molten, partially molten, or even solidified.

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A systems of stars and interstellar matter in the universe is called a galaxy.

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Systems of stars and interstellar matter that make up the universe are called galaxies.

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Covering an area of 75,000 square km, the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta in India and Bangladesh is the world's largest.

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Formed by wave and tidal action, a barrier island is an exceptionally flat type of dune system that lies parallel to the mainland coast.

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The Yarlung Tsangpo River, the longest river of Tibet, runs for about 2000 km in China with an average elevation of 4,000 meters before entering India as the Brahmaputra River.

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Think saving the planet sounds like a big job reserved only for some? Think again!

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These animals, who can found in the world's oceans, are seeing their numbers diminish rapidly.

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Climate change and improper land use practices are increasing the frequency of dust and sand storms which is having a negative impact on the health, environment, and economy of affected areas.

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Several features determine the differences between these two type of elephants, who live on different continents across the world from one another.

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Despite often being portrayed as threatening creatures with an insatiable appetite for human flesh, shark attacks are really not as common as you may think.

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With sea levels rising due to climate change, low lying areas are at the most risk. Only 6ft above sea level, the pacific island of Tuvalu will likely disappear first.

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Canada has 7% of the world's renewable fresh water supply and 81.7 cubic meters per capita.

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When it comes to the states that are the most polluted in the United States, Ohio and Kentucky come out on top of the list followed by Texas.

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Winters are often filled with wonder and snow but can often have costly effects. Find out which winters were the costliest in the United States.

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From Flint, Michigan to Tupelo, Mississippi, America's most devastating tornadoes have each caused the deaths of hundreds of citizens across multiple cities.

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Volcano eruptions in Guatemala alone have claimed 11,000 lives in the 20th century, but even this doesn't compare to the death toll of the century's worst eruptions.

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