May goes down as Earth’s hottest on record: NASA
WASHINGTON — May’s temperatures broke global records yet again, as the northern hemisphere finishes its hottest spring on record, statistics released Tuesday by NASA...
The Kamasutra, froggy style
PARIS, FRANCE — The Bombay night frog, scientists revealed Tuesday, favors a mating position previously unknown among the amphibian group’s 7,000 species, only the...
Documenting Pinatubo’s wrath
MT. PINATUBO erupted on June 15, 1991 — it was the second largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The active stratovolcano straddles the boundaries...
Hairy future for Australia’s beloved koala
PORT MACQUARIE, AUSTRALIA -- A sweet, sickly smell filled the air as Sherwood Robyn, a 12-year-old koala, was brought into a small examination room...
Indonesia plans tougher punishments for poachers
JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- Indonesia plans to quadruple maximum jail terms for animal poachers and traffickers in a major overhaul of wildlife crime laws, but...
China says important glacier is melting due to climate change
A GLACIER that is one of the largest at the source of China’s Yangtze River is fast retreating because of climate change, state media...
Using art to raise environmental awareness
By Camille Anne M. Arcilla
WATER is supposed to be clear. But when it gets dirty, it becomes a medium of art.
Nine Filipino artists created...
Elephants in Tanzania reserve could be wiped out by 2022
NAIROBI — Elephants in Tanzania’s sprawling Selous Game Reserve could be wiped out within six years if poaching continues at current levels, the World Wildlife...
Savvy squid, octopuses on rise despite warming oceans
MIAMI — The oceans are warming and coral reefs are dying, but octopuses, squids and cuttlefish appear to be thriving, with their numbers steadily...
Drugs and dung a bad mix for climate
PARIS — Scientists have discovered a potential threat to Earth’s climate lurking in a dark and smelly place: the dung of cattle treated with...
Poland begins logging primeval forest despite activist pleas
WARSAW, POLAND — Poland on Tuesday began a logging project aimed at protecting the Bialowieza forest, which includes some of Europe’s last primeval woodland,...
At sea, scientists drill into crater for dino clues
MEXICO -- Sharks swim around a platform of Mexico’s east coast as scientists drill deep into the ocean floor, extracting the remains of the...