At a calligraphy class in Hanoi, Hoang Thi Thanh Huyen slides her brush across the page to form the letters and tonal marks of Vietnam’s unique modern script, in part a legacy of French colonial rule.

UAE-based Pakistani visual artist Sadia Fahad blends Arabic calligraphy and abstract expression. She has developed a personal style that weaves together sacred texts, emotion-evoking brushwork and ...

The Siberian elm is a non-native, deciduous tree usually planted as an ornamental in North America that can grow up to 70 feet in height. It has singly serrated, simple, and dark-green leaves that are ...

Redirection was intended to alter not just the Volga, but also several Siberian rivers, sending water thousands of kilometres southward via canals and reservoirs. Years later, Leonid Volkov ...

Italian Sinologist Pietro De Laurentis (right) presents a copy of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy work in the 4th century to Tomaso Montanari (left) and Anna Di Toro with the University for Foreigners of ...

Every winter, the Siberian crane, a large, white bird, migrates thousands of miles from its home in Siberia to Poyang Lake in China. Poyang is the largest freshwater lake in China. Wetlands surround ...