Adult gap years gain support as an antidote to burnout and the blahs
If you daydream about getting a break from work, you might picture two weeks of vacation or a…
Thailand uses birth control to curb elephant population in the wild
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try…
A new experiment tests whether apes have an imagination
NEW YORK (AP) — By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms…
Meet the Galapagos seabird that wandered 3,000 miles to California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross,…
For WNBA players, second careers are a necessity. Their next chapters take them on unexpected paths
After seven days of wind, the morning is finally calm enough on New York’s East Moriches Bay for…
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…
Caribbean islet blossoms into love nest for critically endangered iguana
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Silence used to prevail in the forest of a private Caribbean islet…
Earliest known evidence of human fire-making identified in England
LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than…
First panda cub born in Indonesia appears healthy
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The first giant panda cub born in Indonesia is noisy, nursing well and showing…
Great horned owl in Utah headed toward recovery after falling into concrete mixer
An owl found partially encased in concrete after it got inside a cement mixer in southwestern Utah is…
The rivalry between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz dominated tennis in 2025
Jannik Sinner draped his left arm and his racket around Carlos Alcaraz’s neck. Alcaraz then put his right…
Sea otter pup is rescued and reunited with its mother
It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a…