Everything we do at FAO aims at ensuring a better future. Sure, we need to tackle the huge food and environmental challenges we face today. But we always keep an eye on what that means for tomorrow. More than just quick fixes, we look for sustainable solutions that will benefit generations to come. The future of our world depends on today’s [...]

It is often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But when it comes to fruit and vegetables, one third of them never even make it to our grocery store shelves because they are rejected on their way from the farm to the store. While supermarkets have a part to play in this, we must also examine [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic is currently one of the world’s most pressing issues and one that is increasingly shaping government policies. To help provide policy support and information to member [...]

Supai is so remote, mail is delivered by mule train

A digital-savvy historian discusses his popular @HistOpinion Twitter account

Pizza and pasta are pretty obviously out, but what are the other no-nos?

The Spanish Surrealist painted a series of 100 watercolors inspired by Dante's "Divine Comedy"

Many teens have taken on the role, but not every Robin was a "boy" wonder

Matilda McCrear was just 2 when she was captured and brought to Alabama on the "Clotilda"

Storms reveal, then hide, the ship's sand-covered remains every decade or so

Hailing from all over Australia, the spiders were identified by a scientist who used to fear them

The impact that created Pluto’s 'heart' may have rippled through its ocean and damaged its rear

The severity of this year's bleaching is second only to 2016, during which a third of the reef’s corals died

A new analysis of ancient ostrich eggs at the British Museum underscores the interconnectedness of the ancient world

The project hasn’t yet been greenlit, but a proposal just got major funding to explore the potential for the lunar observatory

The 20th-century architect defined a uniquely American style that used nature-inspired motifs and horizontal lines

Traditionalist "two-spacers" can still disable the function

Expressing yourself and trying to read others’ faces in a grid of video feeds is a taxing task

Nearly 2,000 years ago, women who rode horseback and practiced archery may have roamed the steppes of Mongolia

Armchair travelers can also enjoy 360-degree views of the city's famed Northern Lights

Expelled by animals as a waste product, the gas appears to play a crucial role in keeping these bizarre, burrowing rodents safe

The Catholic Church's actions during World War II have long been a matter of historical debate

This jumping spider was personable and very easy to photograph as it was willing to sit still, facing me.

Karyukai - the very secretive flower and willow world of the Japanese Geishas. Each Geisha is like a flower, beautiful in her own way, and like a willow tree, gracious, flexible and strong. For many locals, even those living in Kyoto, the closest they have come is perhaps glimpsing a Geisha alighting from taxis and quickly disappearing behind a nameless sliding door. The Geiko Tomitsuyuu enjoying the peace and serenity of the quiet temple room. She thinks of her music and her dance. The scene is like a fairy tale, the Heron Maiden...

A sled in the Smithsonian collections marks the historic race

A museum director looks to the past to explain why 'Aloha' is as necessary as ever

A new book explores how George Washington shaped the group of advisors as an institution to meet his own needs

Tensions leading to the split, announced 50 years ago today, had been bubbling under the band’s cheery surface for years

The Nunavut government says there is no set limit on how much money it is prepared to spend on hotels for residents required to isolate before they return home.

Days before Saint John council passed a motion to ensure Saint John Energy could not be sold, the Ontario cities of Peterborough and Orillia both got approval to sell their municipally owned power distribution companies.

A physiotherapist in Thunder Bay, Ont., has had his licence suspended until September, as part of a disciplinary hearing.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have identified the person struck and killed by a train in Kenora on Wednesday as 18-year-old Tyrease Payash, of Kenora.

Provincial Police have a suspect in custody after a firearms incident Thursday morning at the hospital in the small northwestern Ontario community of Rainy River.

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A man is in police custody following an incident that briefly put the Burin Peninsula community of Lawn on high alert on Friday morning. 

The RCMP say criminal charges are pending after a report came in about an arson Friday morning, in which everyone inside was able to escape with no injuries.

Staff halted $100 service over pandemic concerns, forcing homeowners to private plumbers much more, and Danny Breen is urging them to contact the city.

"It is unfortunate that it has come to pass that we have to collectively and overtly publicly declare that we are unified," says Alberta Medical Association president Christine Molnar.

Residents are cleaning up damage to hundreds of homes and businesses caused by floods in the northern Alberta hamlet of Fort Vermilion.

Three residents at a long-term care facility in Sault Ste. Marie have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting officials to declare an outbreak at Extendicare Maple View.

A new study facilitated by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario states miners who were forced to inhale an aluminum powder were found to have a higher risk of Parkinson’s disease.