In the Mekong Delta, farmers and locals still gather the flowers on wooden boats. Now, the ritual’s also become a photo op.

A basket of rose garlands on the bank of the Ganges. Devotees, who make annual pilgrimages to the shrines and temples of ...

Icons of beauty, providers of sustenance, even symbols of divinity — blossoming plants have assumed a deep significance to ...

In the Nile Delta, farming the redolent vine is both a tradition and a vital way to make a living.

Negotiators agree that trillions are needed to help lower-income countries adapt and cope, but not on who should pay.

The resilient species — which regrow after wildfires — are said to capture the spirit of a nation reborn.

In “Four Points of the Compass,” Jerry Brotton explores the disorienting, dizzying history of our relationship to direction.

“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

The New York Times and the unions representing its workers have had a handful of labor disputes, including one that left the ...

The union said its members would return to work on Tuesday, even though it had not yet reached a contract deal with the ...

Once a mainstay of Indigenous diets, the South American crop is having a resurgence in popularity, in part because of its ...

The New York Times Tech Guild ended its unfair labor practice strike Monday, one week after a majority of the 600-person unit ...