Dolphin born at Ocean Adventure
ON AUG. 7 at around 12:55 p.m., one of Ocean Adventure鈥檚 resident dolphins, 14-year-old Hali, gave birth to the park鈥檚 newest resident.
A little over...
Antarctic glacier thinning more rapidly than thought: study
PARIS 鈥 A large glacier in West Antarctica lost up to half a kilometer in thickness in seven years, thinning more quickly than scientists...
10,000 endangered frogs die in Peru
LIMA, PERU 鈥 Peru is investigating what killed some 10,000 Titicaca water frogs, a critically endangered species affectionately known as the 鈥渟crotum frog,鈥 in...
David Attenborough calls for peepholes in zoos
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM 鈥 Veteran British naturalist David Attenborough called Monday for gorillas in zoos to be kept behind walls with peepholes rather than...
Rapid transit is key in fight against climate change: study
PARIS -- Big cities worldwide have expanded faster than their rapid transit systems, leading to higher levels of pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and commuter...
A facelift for the Moon every 81,000 years
PARIS -- The Moon is bombarded by so much space rock that its surface gets a complete facelift every 81,000 years, according to a...
Invasive insects cause tens of billions in damage
PARIS 鈥 Invasive insects cause at least $77 billion (鈧69 billion) in damage every year, according to a study released Tuesday that says this...
August shatters global heat records for 16th month in a row
MIAMI -- Last month was the hottest August in modern times and marked the 16th month in a row when global records for heat...
Sexploits of Diego the Tortoise save Galapagos species
PUERTO AYORA, ECUADOR 鈥 He鈥檚 over 100 years old, but his sex life is the stuff of legend. Diego the Tortoise is quite the...
Warming oceans are 鈥榮ick,鈥 global scientists warn
HONOLULU 鈥 Global warming is making the oceans sicker than ever before, spreading disease among animals and humans and threatening food security across the...
Moon is key to when jellyfish hit beach: Israeli study
JERUSALEM -- Swimmers wanting to avoid being stung by jellyfish may want to watch the sky as much as the sea after Israeli researchers...
Giant cruise ship heads to Arctic on pioneering journey
LOS ANGELES -- It is a voyage explorers only dreamed of not so long ago.
But thanks to climate change, a luxury cruise ship has...