Like his father, Iraqi buffalo herder Watheq Abbas grazes his animals in Iraq's southern wetlands, but with persistent drought shrinking marshland where they feed and decimating the herd, his ...

CHIBAISH, Iraq — A water buffalo, her stomach bloated and haunches sunken, lies dying on a dry expanse of cracked earth. Her calf nuzzles her but she doesn't respond. A few yards away, another water ...

Editor's note: As a veterinarian stationed in Iraq, Army Reserve Capt. Katherine Knake of Syracuse sees the war through animals from the dying chickens of Iraqi farmers to the remnants of Saddam ...

Drought and extreme heat that scientists link to climate change are altering the UNESCO-protected marshlands. Iraq's average annual temperatures... In Iraq's famed marshlands, climate change is ...

Years of drought have reduced southern Iraq's mythical marshes to a barren land — Asaad NIAZI Like his father, Iraqi buffalo herder Watheq Abbas grazes his animals in Iraq's southern wetlands, but ...