Nearly 3.5 billion people live in the messy transition zone between cities and wild places, where agriculture abuts homes; ...

Cities in low- and middle-income countries are experiencing a surge in urban heat island effects, driven by unplanned urban expansion, shrinking green spaces, and poor infrastructure, according to new ...

Urban expansion trajectories of 107 Chinese cities from 1992 to 2021, alongside nationwide trends in key socioecological factors across the urbanization gradient. The research team, led by Professor ...

The government and private agencies in Bangladesh have rescued at least 351 snakes from various densely populated areas in and around Dhaka city this year. Of the rescued snakes, 319 were venomous. A ...

Gigantic trenches known as gullies are opening up in cities in Africa, swallowing up homes and businesses, sometimes in an instant, a study has found. About 118,600 people, on average, in the ...

As urbanization reshapes global landscapes, ecological balance is increasingly at risk, especially in Africa. The primary drivers are rapid development and expanding human settlements, often without ...

When 28-year-old Sonelal Prasad left home on the morning of June 16 for his job at a construction site in Mumbai—the financial capital of India—he didn’t know he’d be digging his own grave. As he ...

Researchers at YSE have mapped the global distribution of wildlife species known to carry diseases that can affect humans in the wildland-urban interface. Nearly 3.5 billion people live in the messy ...