Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river
WUHAN, China (AP) — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the…
Scientists tap ‘secret’ fresh water under ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world
ABOARD LIFTBOAT ROBERT, North Atlantic — Deep in Earth’s past, an icy landscape became a seascape as the…
Climate change made Iberian wildfires 40 times more likely, study finds
MADRID — The extremely hot, dry and windy conditions, which fueled one of the IberianPeninsula’s most destructive wildfire…
Drones blasting AC/DC, Scarlett Johannson help biologists protect cattle from wolves
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones.…
Robotic bunnies deployed to combat invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades…
Researchers uncover Stone Age settlement submerged by rising sea levels in Denmark
BAY OF AARHUS, Denmark — Below the dark blue waters of the Bay of Aarhus in northern Denmark,…
Great white sharks head north, following seals and alarming beachgoers
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Rick Clough spent some four decades fishing for lobsters and sea urchins off the Maine…
Great white sharks are going to Maine and Canada to eat seals
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Rick Clough spent some four decades fishing for lobsters and sea urchins off the…
Coastal communities restoring marshes, dunes, reefs to protect against rising seas
In San Francisco Bay, salt ponds created more than a century ago are reverting to marshland. Along the…
One of the world’s most polluted cities has banned single-use plastics. It’s not so easy
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian shop manager Olarewanju Ogunbona says he uses Styrofoam and plastic packs at least…
One of the world’s most polluted cities has banned single-use plastics
LAGOS, Nigeria — LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian shop manager Olarewanju Ogunbona says he uses Styrofoam and plastic…
Tuesday is World Elephant Day. 5 things to know about the world’s largest land mammal
BELA-BELA, South Africa — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest…