Unlike monuments or historic sites, “intangible cultural heritage” refers to living practices – traditions, skills, rituals, music, crafts and social...
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In the high-altitude region of Dolpo in north-west Nepal, a concerted effort is being made to document and preserve the...
image: The Yangtse Monastery, also known as Yang-tsher, is located in the Panzang Valley in Nepal. It covers a total area...
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment....
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Experts are concerned that artifacts and bootprints on the moon might be affected by lunar landing missions, space tourism and...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed protection of the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act could...
