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Check out our top picks for Things to Do in Qatar from May 19-21, 2022 below. Note: Events are subject to change as per the organizers. Follow the COVID-19 measures in place to ensure your and others' safety. May 19, 2022 - Thursd..
The largest known plant on Earth - a seagrass roughly three times the size of Manhattan - has been discovered off the coast of Australia. Using genetic testing, scientists have determined a large underwater meadow in Western Australia is in fact o..
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) in Qatar has taken into custody an SUV that is believed to have been driven over sensitive and protect mangroves. In a series of tweet on Thursday, the ministry said the violation was reported..
Fossilized remains from a giant flying reptile the size of a bus have been discovered in Argentina. The Dragon of Death, as scientists have dubbed the new species, hunted prey from Earth's skies around 86 million years ago. When fully exten..
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change granted the first permit for Qatar Tourism to visit schools of whale sharks in the northeastern waters of the country. This is part of the ongoing coordination between the official entities to support..
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted new guidelines for the prevention and suppression of the smuggling of wildlife on ships engaged in international maritime traffic. This is the first time the IMO has taken such a step to co..
China has recorded its first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, but the risk of its spread among people is low, the health authority said. The variant was found in a four-year-old boy from the central province of Henan province who ..
A man has been arrested over the beating to death of an endangered brown bear that wandered into a village in north-western Iran on Sunday. Residents of Kenazaq, in Ardabil province, chased and hit the animal before using a tractor to restrain it,..
A ship sank off one of Ecuador's ecologically sensitive Galapagos Islands. Containment booms have been set up around the area of the accident in an effort to control the spill, local officials said. Authorities believe there were 7,500 lite..