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

Mourners react as they gather at a mass grave in Indonesia's Aceh Province 20 years after the tsunami

From Indonesia to Somalia

Tears, prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on

Australian firefighters battle blaze in Grampians National Park west of Melbourne

Grampians National Park

Rural communities urged to flee east Australia bushfire

The tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean

A lookback on deadly event

2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: what to know 20 years on

The most devastating cyclone to hit Mayotte in 90 years caused colossal damage on December 14 in France's poorest department

Cyclone death toll in Mayotte rises to 39

Graphic on NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which made its closest-ever approach of the star on December 24, 2024

Launched in August 2018

NASA probe makes closest ever pass by the Sun

Ever since his first hard-won sightings of African manatees, award-winning marine biologist Aristide Takoukam Kamla has been devoted to protecting the little known and at risk mammals

Little known mammals

Saving the mysterious African manatee at Cameroon hotspot

Thailand has installed buoys far off its coast that have become a crucial part of a global tsunami warning system since the devastating 2004 earthquake and tsunami

Global information system

The tsunami detection buoys safeguarding lives in Thailand

Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, is one of the world's most active volcanoes

Springing into life

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, spewing columns of lava

An artisanal miner holds ore extracted from an abandoned mine in El Salvador

El Salvador Congress votes to end ban on metal mining

Experts say Cyclone Chido was fuelled by warm Indian Ocean temperatures driven by climate change

Disaster management

Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 94 in Mozambique

Extracting oils from plants at the

Precious plants

Tunisia women herb harvesters struggle with drought and heat

Rescue workers are seen on December 19, 2024 at a collapsed building from Vanuatu's first earthquake, in a photo taken and released by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Large earthquake hits battered Vanuatu

'One way or the other we are going to end whaling worldwide,' said Watson

Freed activist Paul Watson vows to 'end whaling worldwide'

France's flagship nuclear reactor at Flamanville in Normandy was connected to the national grid after a dozen years of delay

France's most powerful nuclear reactor finally comes on stream

Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly is the maker of Zepbound, which was approved to treat sleep apnea in obese patients

Weight-loss medication, Zepbound

US approves first drug treatment for sleep apnea

Self-taught innovator James Samba stands in front of an eco-friendly electric vehicle he made from scrap metals in Sierra Leone's capital

Eco-friendly alternative

Sierra Leone student tackles toxic air pollution

Experimental physicist Daniela Angulo poses with an apparatus in the physics lab at the University of Toronto

Needs closer scrutiny

Scientists observe 'negative time' in quantum experiments

The Sierra Nevada del Cocuy is located in the eastern ranges of the Colombian Andes

Ancestral lands

Inter-American Court rules Colombia drilling violated native rights

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrived in France after five months in detention in Denmark

After detention in Denmark

Anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France

As Christmas approaches in Portugal supermarkets across the country prominently display hundreds of salt-encrusted cod piled high to be used in holiday meals

Cod is king in Portugal at Christmas

People shop for fresh produce and food at a farmer's market on June 29, 2021, in Homewood, Alabama

Nuts, seeds, and eggs

Snack bars out, salmon in: US revamps 'healthy' food labels

Angry locals confronted French President Emmanuel Macron over the response to Cyclone Chido

Archipelago in crisis

Macron extends visit to cyclone-hit Mayotte after locals vent anger

This handout image released by NASA on September 19, 2024 shows the International Space Station photographed from inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour

SpaceX to launch more private astronaut missions to ISS

US President Joe Biden speaks on Earth Day at Prince William Forest Park on April 22, 2024 in Triangle, Virginia

Reducing greenhouse gases

White House unveils new climate goals weeks before Trump's return

Mickael Vallee, a professional fisherman, holds glass eels he fished on March 18, 2015 in Cordemais, western France

30 tonnes of molluscs

Portugal, Spain, France bust contaminated seafood ring

Houses destroyed by the 2004 tsunami still lie abandoned in Akkaraipettai village in India's Tamil Nadu state

Storm fears overshadow India coast decades after tsunami

Rescued chickens gather in an aviary at Farm Sanctuary's Southern California Sanctuary on October 5, 2022 in Acton, California

Fears of new pandemic

First severe bird flu case in US sparks alarm

This handout photo obtained from the University of California on December 18, 2024, shows ground squirrels eating voles in Davis, California

Cute carnivores: Bloodthirsty California squirrels go nuts for vole meat

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