3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (430+ words) Six orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo island in the past week, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said Thursday, bringing the total to 15 in a month. The apes were saved from plantations in deep…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (506+ words) The contiguous United States has endured its hottest summer on record, a new peak that scientists said should send alarm bells ringing over the increasingly dire impacts of climate change. That means that four of the hottest summers on record…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (192+ words) The contiguous United States endured its hottest summer since modern records began, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday, in the latest sign of a warming trend driven by human-caused climate change. That means that four of the hottest…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (688+ words) In a humble control room a few hours from Bhutan's capital, a team works around the clock to monitor the risks of the Himalayan country's rapidly melting glaciers. The glacial collapse that caused deadly floods on the Nepal-Tibet border late…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (458+ words) Kenya's wildlife officers are trapping crocodiles on the shores of Lake Baringo in a bid to curb growing human-wildlife conflict as rising waters push the reptiles towards homes. Lakes in Kenya's Rift Valley have risen to levels not seen in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (374+ words) The Pacific islands will face food shortages and drinking water will be impacted by rising seas, scientists said Wednesday, as a UN report found the world would fail to limit global warming to 1.5C. A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report projected…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (614+ words) There is a saying in Luxembourg that autumn only begins once the Schueberfouer is over, but meteorological autumn already began on Tuesday. It follows a summer that many are likely to remember for its high temperatures – and with good reason....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (312+ words) RTL Today Researchers at Southern Illinois University have developed a revolutionary process to turn plastic waste into edible biscuits, pushing the boundaries of recycling and food technology Would you ever consider biting into a biscuit made entirely from plastic waste?...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (632+ words) Volunteers scanned the dried-up bank of the Danube in northern Bulgaria, close to where receding waters laid bare mammoth bones last month, hoping to find more fossilised fragments exposed by Europe's parching drought. Denkov last week joined some 20 other volunteers,…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (118+ words) RTL Today The pictures show around 50 storks standing in a field, not far from a herd of cows and with a windmill in the background Simon, who came across the animals, told RTL that the birds had touched down in…...