Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world.

If you asked Americans to name the world’s largest fast-food chain, the answers would likely include McDonald’s, Subway or possibly Starbucks. All three would be wrong. The chain with the most global ...

Five-year-old Pulsing Ajnera was playing with his brothers in a field near their home in the western Indian state of Gujarat, when a lion “came out of nowhere,” his grieving father told CNN. “This ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Manye first performed with the show's Toronto company in 2000, and most of ...

The world’s largest sports pirating site, Streameast, is no more. The illegal streaming giant was terminated in Egypt after a sting operation, according to the Alliance for Creativity and ...

Legend of the Seas floated on water for the first time on Turku, Finland, officials confirmed on Sept. 2 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers ...

Durham University scientists have completed one of the largest quality verification programs ever carried out on superconducting materials, helping to ensure the success of the world's biggest fusion ...

Notorious online soccer piracy network Streameast has been shut down after more than 1.6 billion visits in the past year, an antipiracy coalition announced Wednesday. The United States-based Alliance ...

The world’s largest cruise ship set sail on its maiden voyage over the weekend. The Star of the Seas, the new crown jewel of Royal Caribbean’s sprawling fleet, departed from Florida’s Port Canaveral ...

Nestled in its Uptown home, commercial real estate brokerage CBRE is among the 500 most valuable publicly traded companies in the world, outpacing the likes of Ford, Kroger and Hershey. It’s come a ...

The scramble for rare earth elements—the metals quietly powering everything from electric vehicles to fighter jets—is redrawing geopolitical alliances and igniting a new era of strategic resource ...

A Thai zoo has temporarily closed its predator zone after lions mauled a zookeeper to death, wildlife officials said Friday, as scrutiny on the park's animal treatment intensified.