Bamboo is a unique form of trees that do not appear on your native island. Here's how you can get it. Bamboo grows similar to trees, except that once fully grown, they produce a Bamboo Shoot buried in ...

If you were a famous Giant Panda celebrity, Bao Li or Qing Bao, newly in residence at the National Zoo, who would be your best friend in Fairfax County? That might be Patricia Greenberg, an ecologist ...

Hilary Swank has apologized after snapping at a mom for seemingly taking her picture at the airport without her permission. Jada Bafus, who was taking her two terminally ill sons, Mason, 7, and Jack, ...

Hong Kong authorities have arrested 13 people for suspected manslaughter in a probe into the city's deadliest fire in decades, pointing to substandard renovation materials for fuelling a blaze that ...

Bamboo scaffolding has become a focus of debate in Hong Kong after last Wednesday’s tragic fire in the territory left at least 146 dead and spurred questions over whether its use contributed to the ...

HONG KONG — Kan Shui-ying was home alone on Wednesday, watching television at her Hong Kong apartment while her husband and son were at work. It was around 3 p.m., she said, when she “smelled a strong ...

Dr Ehsan Noroozinejad has received funding from both national and international organisations. His most recent funding on integrated housing and climate policy comes from the Australian Public Policy ...

Bamboo scaffolding, a centuries-old technique that was traditionally ubiquitous in Hong Kong, is under scrutiny for its role in the city’s deadliest fire in more than a century. At least 55 people ...

The Hong Kong residential towers engulfed by smoke and flames on Wednesday were surrounded by an ancient construction material familiar to anyone who’s spent time in the one of the world’s most ...

HONG KONG, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades has highlighted its risky use of flammable bamboo scaffolding and mesh for building work in a tradition dating back centuries ...

KYOTO – The enchanting plant life of the popular Bamboo Grove Path in Kyoto’s Arashiyama is increasingly facing serious damage from graffiti. The path, a walking trail passing through the bamboo ...