Agra's Taj Mahal continues to draw hordes of tourists from all over the world. As the winter vacations have started the number of daily visitors has gone up to 50,000.

The river pollution, however, attracted a species of insect that has contributed to the degradation of the Taj Mahal's surfaces.

India's iconic Taj Mahal has become peppered with green and brown spots from pollution, and the Supreme Court ordered the government to find a way to restore the white marble building.

India's white-marble Taj Mahal is turning yellow and green as the 17th century mausoleum weathers filthy air in the world's eighth-most polluted city.

NEW DELHI — The Taj Mahal, that shining white monument to love, is turning a little … green. And yellow. And black. And India’s Supreme Court is not pleased. “You all appear to be helpless ...

The main dome of India's beloved Taj Mahal is set to receive a much-needed facial, according to the Guardian. The iconic monument, which was built back in the 17th century, has undergone restoration ...

NEW DELHI Pollution is turning the Taj Mahal yellow, despite efforts by the Indian government to control air contamination around the poignant 17th century monument and keep it shimmering white, a ...

Airborne carbon particles and dust are discolouring the Taj Mahal's iconic marble dome and soaring minarets, giving the gleaming white landmark a brownish case, Indian and US researchers have ...

Global Development: How air pollution, a dying river and swarms of defecating insects threaten the Taj Mahal Garbage covers the area by the Yamuna river near the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.

The Taj Mahal is one of the most popular tour destinations on earth. But now, visitors of the famed mausoleum will get a little something extra: green slime. Millions of mosquito-like insects are ...

Swifts flitted about the minarets Wednesday as the setting sun tinted the pale white marble of the world's most celebrated monument to eternal love, the Taj Mahal, a ruddy orange.