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Snake on a train delays Japanese bullet service
Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes...
Australia's Great Barrier Reef hit by record bleac...
Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst bleaching event on record, the...
Queen bumblebees surprise scientists by surviving...
Bumblebees can surprisingly withstand days underwater, according to a study published Wednesday, sug...
World in grip of new major coral bleaching event,...
The world is currently experiencing the second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef sy...
Record heat rots cocoa beans threatening Ivory Coa...
Surrounded by cocoa trees and intense heat, Christian Andre Yapi is forced to admit that the preciou...
Russian governor warns of 'very difficult' plight...
Floodwaters in southern Russia on Sunday threatened to submerge thousands more homes in the Kurgan r...
'The water is coming': Russians flee flooded homes
Alexander Budargin, 25, stood outside his block of flats in the Russian city of Orenburg with knee-d...
Mayor orders 'mass evacuations' in Russia flood ci...
Flooding in the Russian city of Orenburg became "critical" Friday forcing "mass evacuations" as the...
Peru court sentences killers of Indigenous land de...
A Peruvian court on Thursday imposed near three-decade sentences on five men who were being retried...
EU to make pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries...
The European Union's parliament Wednesday approved a package of rules that will make the pharmaceuti...
Canada readies for another 'explosive' wildfire se...
Canada is bracing for another "explosive" wildfire season after last year's marked the worst that Ca...
Global warming will 'decimate' G20 economies witho...
UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Wednesday warned G20 nations their economies face decimation and t...
US announces tough tap water standards for 'foreve...
US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced the first nationwide tap water standa...
Top Europe court condemns Switzerland in landmark...
Europe's top rights court on Tuesday said Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change,...
Bogota restricts water as reservoirs hit 'critical...
The mayor of Colombia's capital Bogota on Monday announced water restrictions as reservoirs in the s...
To each their own: In Texas town, reasons vary for...
Shelli Ezell wants to watch the upcoming solar eclipse so she can feel the presence of her late daug...
Rare Javan rhino calf spotted in Indonesia
A new Javan rhinoceros calf has been spotted at an Indonesian national park, giving hope for the con...
US nuclear industry upbeat on small reactors, desp...
Despite the recent cancellation of a next-generation US nuclear plant, backers of the carbon-free po...
Thunberg detained twice at Dutch climate protest
Dutch police twice detained climate activist Greta Thunberg on Saturday after a group of marchers bl...
Denmark holds 'funeral' for a polluted fjord
A fjord in the east of Denmark received last rites on Saturday from a group of local activists in an...
Austria risks becoming largely 'ice-free' in 45 ye...
Austria is set to become largely "ice-free" within 45 years, the country's Alpine Club warned Friday...
China's green-tech manufacturing powerhouse
China has extended its manufacturing domination to clean energy industries in recent years, alongsid...
Tokyo crowds revel as cherry blossoms reach full b...
Tourists and residents packed Tokyo's top cherry blossom spots on Thursday to enjoy the full bloom t...
Despite gains in Brazil, forest destruction still...
The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023 and despite upl...
EU probes Chinese-owned solar panel firms over sub...
The European Union on Wednesday announced investigations targeting two Chinese-owned solar panel man...
From polar bears to groundwater, nature is riddled...
They didn't exist a century ago but today PFAS "forever chemicals" contaminate the environment from...
Tesla reports drop in auto sales, while Toyota see...
Tesla reported sharply lower first-quarter auto sales on Tuesday amid an underwhelming demand outloo...
Canada's Trudeau on back foot over carbon tax
Polluters should pay up, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists. But pressure is mounting to...
In Canada's Quebec, residents miffed over mining b...
Canada's Quebec province is rich with minerals needed for everything from electric cars to cell phon...
UK's biggest water supplier plunges into deeper fi...
Debt-plagued Thames Water has failed to raise a major cash injection from shareholders, it revealed...
What do scientists hope to learn from total solar...
When a rare total solar eclipse sweeps across North America on April 8, scientists will be able to g...
Financial crisis at UK's biggest water supplier wo...
Debt-plagued Thames Water revealed Thursday that it failed to raise a major cash injection from shar...