China watchers are all abuzz about urbanization, which is supposed to be a focus of reform. But what does the term mean? A preview of a report China's planning agency is planning to publish later ...

The world region most affected is East Asia and the Pacific, where between 1985 and 2015, the share of settlements at risk of severe flooding increased from 7.8% to 9.5%. Around the world, just 5. ...

The use of the watermelon as a Palestinian symbol is not new. It first emerged after the Six-Day War in 1967, when Israel seized control of the West Bank and Gaza, and annexed East Jerusalem.

In a global survey of white clover – a widely distributed cosmopolitan plant common in many rural and urban areas worldwide – researchers find evidence that clover populations can adapt to ...

Thus, urbanization caused reduced anti-predator defenses in invasive toads, and also increased sexual dimorphism in leg length. Invasive toads were introduced to Australia in 1935, so these ...