Houman Moloukpour, a veterinarian, told the newspapers that the lions most likely contracted the disease because of mismanagement at the zoo.

One of Tehran’s signature landscapes — the imposing, rugged line of the Alborz Mountains at the city’s northern boundary — has suddenly become an elusive one. Instead, Tehranis’ eyes, and complaints, have turned toward a dense and noxious wall of smog that has only rarely lifted during the past two months.

"Expect more rain, heat & hurricanes," warn scientists

The ranking of carbon dioxide emissions from energy use placed the UAE top, largely because of a sharp rise in emissions in recent years linked to desalination plants in an economy almost entirely dependent on fossil fuels.

a one-meter sea level rise could displace 10 percent of the population

Water shortage forces Syria villagers into cities

Dubai’s skyline is the most sparkling in the Middle East. But down on the ground, the environmental problems of a quickly erected city built on sand look a lot less alluring.

Three sites in the Middle East, Iraq's Nineveh, Palestine's Hisham's Palace, and Turkey's Ani, are among those most in danger.

After four consecutive years of drought, this heartland of the Fertile Crescent — including much of neighboring Iraq — appears to be turning barren

The park will offer its anticipated 10,000 daily visitors the world's largest man-made waterfall, pumped from a desalination plant

Akhunzadeh said the uncontrolled flow of raw sewage into the Caspian Sea as well as oil leakage were among the main factors leading to the sea's pollution.