Fast Facts on Climate Change
EXTREMELY hot days are the new normal thanks to climate change, said former US vice-president and climate change advocate Al Gore, Jr., before an...
Paris to revamp main squares to make way for bikes, pedestrians
PARIS -- Paris authorities on Tuesday approved a plan to give seven major squares in the French capital a massive makeover to make way...
Davao’s ‘Bat Mama’ firming up plans to build artificial bat cave in Samal
By Maya M. Padillo
DAVAO CITY — Don’t call her Batwoman, although like the DC Comics character, she is a kind of heroine — one...
Horse-sized dinosaur shows how T. rex became king
WASHINGTON — A newly discovered cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex may explain how the legendary dinosaur leapt in size to become undisputed king of...
Economists are out of touch with climate change
By Noah Smith, Bloomberg View
IN THE DEBATE over climate change, there is one group you don’t hear much from: economists. The failure of climate...
Earth Hour: Beyond turning off the lights
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
WE SHOULD not take the planet for granted, said Leonardo DiCaprio as he accepted the Best Actor trophy at...
In dangerous trade-off, birds ally with alligators: study
MIAMI -- In the swampy Florida Everglades, egrets and herons build nests that hang precariously close to alligators swimming beneath, ready to swallow any...
Turtles’ vulnerable start to life
MORONG — Hundreds of tiny turtle hatchlings emerge above a beach at night and immediately look to the sea, hoping to beat huge odds...
S. African private army protects world’s largest rhino farm
NORTH WEST PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA — The world’s largest rhino farm looks like a vast fortress and is guarded by a private army.
At night...
Sea level rising at fastest pace in 2,800 years: study
MIAMI -- The world’s oceans are rising at a faster rate than any time in the past 2,800 years, and might even have fallen...
NASA releases strange ‘music’ heard by 1969 astronauts
WASHINGTON -- NASA has made public a recording of strange “music” that astronauts reported hearing in 1969 while on the far side of the...
Armed groups line up to kill Congo’s elephants
By Tristan Mcconnell, AFP
GARAMBA NATIONAL PARK, DR CONGO — On a recent Sunday a team of rangers slung backpacks and assault rifles into a...