At least five people were killed after a gas outburst in a plastic industrial unit in China's Shandong Province. The accident took place on Wednesday night when workers were filling production facilit

An unusual wildflower that accumulates metals in its leaves has been found to use them as a kind of "armour" against bacterial infection. Alpine pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens) is a small plant in t

A plant capable of "restoring a woman's virginity" is under threat as an ecopark declared a Unesco World Heritage Site has been affected by severe drought and forest fires.

The 655-sq km Chapada dos