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Coverage of scientific research and breakthroughs, environmental issues, and health.

Mount Kenya's Lewis Glacier is rapidly shrinking

Africa's second highest mountain

'It was beautiful': Mount Kenya's glaciers melting away

Grey wolves were virtually exterminated in Europe 100 years ago but their numbers have rebounded since then to the current population of 20,300

Culling 'may be justified'

Spain reverses ban on hunting wolves in north

A Native American protestors holds up his arms as he and other protestors are threatened by private security guards and guard dogs, at a work site for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) oil pipeline, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, September 3, 2016

Nearly a decade on

Greenpeace hit with $660 mn in damages in US pipeline suit

The record-breaking JADES-GS-z14-0 is the most distant - and therefore oldest - galaxy ever discovered

Over 13.4 billion light years away

Oxygen detected in most distant galaxy: 'astonished' astronomers

Self-proclaimed misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate was banned on Instagram and TikTok for his tirades, but his X account was restored by Elon Musk when the billionaire bought the platform

Return of the alpha male

Why toxic masculinity is gaining prominence

The truth is out there: Scientists hope to crack the case of dark energy in the next few years

Makes up 70% of universe

What is dark energy? One of science's great mysteries, explained

The Gossan reservoir at the Rio Tinto mines in Minas de Riotinto, near Huelva, on September 30, 2022

Unexplored resources

Spain eyes boom in 'neglected' strategic mining sector

Musky rat-kangaroos are a distant ancestor of the larger kangaroo species that famously roam the country's outback

'Musky' marsupial could solve hopping kangaroo mystery

Jen Brinkley has been coming to Ouray to climb in the ice park for three decades

Unlikely savior

Ice park threatened by climate change finds an ally in US silver mine

What if dark energy is not what we thought it was? This strange force could be weakening over time, observations suggest

Rewriting science

Dark energy seems to be changing, rattling our view of universe

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speak to reporters after a meeting with oil company executives at the White House

Export authorisation

Trump advances another LNG project, drawing environmentalist ire

Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, says emissions have put his home at risk of flooding

Peruvian farmer struggles in climate clash with German energy giant

The Cussac cave has more than 1,000 ancient carvings, including horses, bison, rhinos, ibex and stylised feminine forms

Grotte de Cussac

Rarely seen cave art holds prehistoric secrets in France

Focus on the issue has zeroed in on photos of a police vehicle at Saturday's protest

Anti-corruption rally

Serbia police issue fresh denial over use of 'sound cannon' on protesters

Cyclone Idai in 2019 struck a region of Mozambique that is regularly battered by storms

Destroying tens of thousands of homes

Mozambique cyclone cluster raises fears of new norm

People buried by avalanches usually survive for only about 10 minutes, according to avalanche researchers

Unconcious but alive

'Miracle' as man survives seven hours under Norway avalanche

2024 first year to surpass 1.5°C global warming target

Need for early warning systems

Record numbers forced to flee climate disasters: UN

The galactic zoo: Just a few of the millions of galaxies captured by Europe's Euclid telescope

'Dark universe detective' telescope releases first data

State-owned Petroecuador, which manages the damaged pipeline, is using tanker trucks to recover as much as possible of the spilled crude from areas where many people make a subsistence living from fishing

Damaged pipeline

Ecuador declares 'force majeure' emergency, cuts exports over oil spill

A 81-year-old French hunter went on trial accused of killing an endangered female bear that had attacked him in the Pyrenees

81-year-old appears in court

French hunter on trial for killing mother bear 'in self-defence'

Mexico City is home to the world's biggest bullring, the Plaza de Toros, which has a capacity of more than 40,000 people

'Violence free'

Mexico City, home to world's biggest bullring, bans killing bulls

This photo provided by NASA shows NASA astronaut Suni Williams being helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on board the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN

17-hour-journey

Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for 'stranded' NASA astronauts

This handout photograph taken by Firefly Aerospace on March 16, 2025 and released on March 18, shows the lunar surface and the setting sun with Earth and Venus on the horizon, during the lunar mission of Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander

Hope of unraveling mystery

Ghostly lunar sunsets shot by private lander

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shoots t-shirts into the audience during his keynote address at the GTC AI Conference in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2025

Optimism from Jensen Huang

Nvidia showcases new tech at AI 'Super Bowl'

State-owned Petroecuador, which manages the damaged pipeline, is using tanker trucks to recover as much as possible of the spilled crude from areas where many people make a subsistence living from fishing

Environmental emergency

Ecuador battles spreading oil slick, residents without water

Donald Trump-appointed EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin oversees the agency as it plans to slash hundreds of scientists from its research and development office

Part of drastic cuts

Trump admin moves to fire hundreds of government scientists

Key breeding colonies

S. Africa court bars fishing to protect endangered African Penguins

Noisy neighbours

Luxembourg City implements rook management plan

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