Killer fungus: how a disease threatening bat species has spread to northern Canada | Global development
Crawling through a narrow passage in a cave beneath a boreal forest near Fort Smith in Canada’s Northwest…
Earth’s crust off US East Coast cooled far faster than expected
Earth’s crust off the U.S. East Coast cooled as much as 1.6 times faster than conventional geological models…
Lions and tigers begin a long-awaited rescue from a notorious Argentine zoo
LUJAN, Argentina (AP) — Thirty lions and tigers that were kept alive — barely — for years in…
Can Venus cast a shadow? Here’s how to see it for yourself
Can Venus cast a shadow? With Aug. 12’s total solar eclipse — where the moon’s dark silhouette is…
‘I don’t think I would have made it’: Shark attack victim praises rescue services
A man who was injured after he was bitten by a blue shark off the Waterford coast is…
Ornithologists Discover New Bird Species in Brazil
A previously unrecognized species of the antthrush genus Chamaeza has been discovered in the isolated highland rainforests of…
Hurricane warning issued as Hawaii braces for historic direct hit in hours
Tropical Storm Lala continues to strengthen in the Pacific and forecasters warn that it could soon become the…
Baby Name of the Week August 14: Eclipse
Each week, the TODAY Parents team highlights a favorite baby name or set of sibling names. It may…
First Australian death of little penguin with H5 bird flu confirmed on Phillip Island | Bird flu
Australia’s first case of the deadly H5 bird flu in a little penguin has been confirmed on Victoria’s…
Astronauts’ weight-bearing bones lose around 1 to 1.5 percent of their mineral density every month in microgravity — and with a journey to Mars potentially lasting nine months, their bodies could already be substantially deconditioned before they take a single step on another planet.
Astronauts do not lose bone evenly in microgravity. The largest changes occur in structures that normally support body…
Consumers urged to conserve water in the West
People across Western counties are today being urged to continue conserving water as warm and dry conditions continue…
The solar eclipse over Big Ben. Photographer captures the Moon passing in front of the Sun over London
A photographer has captured a composite image showing the stages of the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse over…