Korea’s Green Growth: Rhetoric or Reality?
by John Power
South Korea regularly ranks among Asia’s greatest success stories. Few other countries, after all, can boast of achieving such a rapid transformation...
Red Alert: Treasures at Risk
Animals are among the many natural treasures to which Asia is home. We spotlight the Asian species listed as critically endangered in the IUCN...
Asia’s Most Quake-Prone Countries
Asia's Most Quake-Prone Countries:
1. Indonesia: 50 Occurrences
2. Japan: 31 Occurrences
3. Pakistan: 19 Occurrences
4. Papua New Guinea: 19 Occurrences
5. Russia: 13 Occurrences
6. Solomon Islands: 11...
5 Top Places to See Wildlife in Asia
From the rare Amur tigers of Siberia, to the gangly gibbons of Borneo, Asia has a wealth of wildlife. Some animals freely roam the...
Two Thai Elephants Rescued and Walked to Samui Elephant Haven
May 23, 2019– Relief and joy were palpable as two rescued Asian elephants—one unwell and one due to give birth within four months –...
Trees: An Antidote to Desertification
by Professor Alon Tal
When the United Nations and the World Bank brought together the best minds in ecology from around the world to assess...
Nature’s Lightning Show
Utterly enthralled by the enigmatic nature of dramatic thunderstorms, Jacci Ingham, a photographer from Darwin, sets off on a mission to record these beautiful...
The Birth of Divergence: The Discovery of the Tadpole-Laying Frog
Text and images by Djoko T. Iskandar
During an expedition in 1989, a small, common-looking frog with a body length of about 40 milli-metres was...