Florida wildlife agency plans to reopen oystering in Apalachicola Bay
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials have given preliminary approval to a plan to reopen Apalachicola Bay…
Juneau residents urged to evacuate as Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater
Residents in some parts of Juneau prepared to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of…
Ice dam at glacier releases floodwater toward downstream homes
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials…
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…
AP photos show an injured elephant frequenting an Indian village as its habitat shrinks
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — For months an injured male elephant has been frequenting a village on the outskirts…
France swelters under a heat wave as fire crews guard smoldering vineyards
PARIS — A blistering heatwave gripped southwest France on Monday, sending thermometers soaring to 43 degrees Celsius (109.4…
Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks
GENEVA (AP) — As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end…
Henriette becomes a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean well north of Hawaii
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Tropical Storm Henriette rapidly strengthened into a hurricane Sunday in the central Pacific Ocean…
More than 70 million Americans have sweated through muggiest summer start on record
More than 70 million Americans sweated through the muggiest first two months of summer on record as climate…
Thousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy’s mainland
ROME (AP) — Thousands of people marched in the Sicilian city of Messina on Saturday to protest a…
Fishing in vast Pacific nature area halted after judge blocks Trump order
HONOLULU — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt…
Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Everglades
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a two-week halt to construction at an immigrant detention…