Faceless fish among weird deep sea Australian finds
FACELESS FISH and other weird and wonderful creatures, many of them new species, have been hauled up from the deep waters off Australia during...
Aquarium art brings climate debate to NY Times Square
PERFORMANCE ART in a giant water tank is bringing climate science to New York’s Times Square as Donald Trump has the world guessing on whether...
From trash to treasure
STUDENTS from three leading fashion schools in the country joined the Aboitiz Foundation’s recent Green Fashion Revolution, a fashion design competition that challenges participants...
Fossils suggest hominids may have lived alongside modern humans
MAROPENG, SOUTH AFRICA — Primitive hominids may have lived in Africa at the same time as humans, researchers said Tuesday, in new findings that...
Humans threaten crucial ‘fossil’ groundwater: study
VIENNA — Human activity risks contaminating pristine water locked underground for millennia and long thought impervious to pollution, said a study Tuesday that warned...
More Antarctic protections urged on World Penguin Day
SYDNEY — The world needs to do more to protect the Antarctic wilderness and its wildlife, scientists warned Tuesday, as they marked World Penguin...
Sulphur-powered giant shipworm unearthed in Philippines
AN ENORMOUS black worm that lives in the mud of the sea floor and survives on the remnants of noxious gases digested by bacteria...
Key leopard population ‘crashing’
PARIS — The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be wiped out...
Strike force: world’s most venomous scorpion in action
PARIS — The world’s most lethal scorpion, the death stalker, has been caught on high-speed camera for the first time lashing out with its...
Hope for elephants as ivory prices fall: conservation group
NAIROBI — The price of ivory has fallen by nearly two-thirds in the last three years, according to research conducted in China and published...
Planet protection plans: participate, pledge, preserve
ON MARCH 25, everyone is encouraged to participate in turning off their lights for just an hour — from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m....
Florida eco-friendly town opens for business
PUNTA GORDA — With a farm-to-table restaurant, driverless shuttles, homes built with the latest green techniques and a massive solar farm to offset energy...