India’s battery recycling poses challenges, opportunities
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Across India, battery recycling faces a mixture of challenges and opportunity as it plays…
Photos show penguins, seals and orcas in the warming Antarctic Peninsula
ANTARCTICA (AP) — The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn’t…
Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environments
Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans…
How to watch the Ursid meteor shower
NEW YORK (AP) — The last major meteor shower of the year, known as the Ursids, peaks soon,…
Catch the Ursid meteor shower as it peaks just before Christmas
NEW YORK — The last major meteor shower of the year, known as the Ursids, peaks soon, bringing…
Study finds climate change worsened Asia cyclones
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Ocean temperatures warmed by human-caused climate change fed the intense rainfall that triggered deadly…
Advocating for the environment is risky in Colombia’s Amazon
PUERTO ASIS, Colombia (AP) — Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of…
Before megalodon, researchers say a monstrous shark ruled ancient Australian seas
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon…
Companies offer $279 million for Gulf of Mexico drilling rights in first of 30 planned oil sales
WASHINGTON — Oil companies offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in…
EPA alters site to erase fossil fuels as climate change cause
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels — the main driver…
British zoologist and Save the Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton dies at 83
NAIROBI, Kenya — British-born zoologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton has died at age 83, his Save the Elephants group said…
Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy…