Birchenko, a geneticist at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, was collecting seeds and leaves in Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary with colleagues from Britain and Thailand. They will study how temperature and ...

In Thailand's Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary, scientists confront the toll that human activity and climate change are having on forests that are supposed to be protected. Photo: AFP Scientist Inna ...

Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smouldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting samples from local trees shrouded in wildfire smoke. "This beautiful, ...

A former temple official has been arrested after allegedly assaulting young boys at a temple. He was caught aboard a boat and faced charges.