A South African couple found themselves in a rare situation when they witnessed a humpback whale “supergroup” consisting of nearly 300 of the giant marine…
Japan recorded its fifth consecutive "cruelly hot day" on Saturday, a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people of intense heat above 40C, as…
The humble blackboard is serving as the canvas, and colorful chalk the paint, for young Japanese artists. “Kokuban Art Koshien " is an annual national chalk…
SpaceX’s mammoth Starship rocket blasted off Friday on another test flight stretching halfway around the world, this time releasing 20 of the most advanced…
The United States is in the midst of its worst measles outbreak in 35 years, according to official figures released Friday, amid a serious uptick in cases as…
Walk around New York and you'll likely hear the chugging of petrol generators powering the city's tens of thousands of food carts. But not William Arevalo's. …
Punch, a plush-clutching Japanese baby monkey that has become a global online sensation, will celebrate his first birthday on Sunday as his zoo is flooded with…
China ‌on Friday warned of heavy rain and severe flood risks as the third tropical cyclone this month tracked closer to the country's southern coast,…
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants Congress to make daylight saving time permanent, deprioritize bicycle lanes and mass transit, cut funding for…
Snakes first appeared during the age of dinosaurs, but fossils of many early species are so fragmentary that scientists have had difficulty deciphering their…
The National Center for Falcons will launch its first event, the International Falcon Breeders Auction, from August 5 to 25 at the center's headquarters in…
At a time when library shelves are awash with ready-made recipes for “happiness in ten steps” and “the perfect life in thirty days,” Spanish philosopher…
Glowing skin, deeper sleep, stronger muscles, an alert mind? Such are the enticing promises of peptides, an increasingly buzzy class of substances touted by…
A group of killer whales have been documented blowing a sunfish to bits in an unusual underwater escapade offering never-before-seen insights into orca…
The facade of Riyadh’s Tuwaiq Tower has become a vast canvas bearing a portrait of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in one of the largest murals painted…
Air-conditioned cinemas in Rome will offer free entry to help residents of the Italian capital struggling with intense summer heatwave, city officials said on…
Some 74 years ‌after a Pan American Airways flight crashed into the water off the coast of Puerto Rico, an aviation search team said it found the wreckage…
Volunteers armed with chisels, brushes and protective goggles chip away at rock encasing the bones of a massive prehistoric amphibian in a glass-walled…
The owner of a South Korean Michelin-starred restaurant is facing one year in jail for garnishing a palate-cleansing sorbet with black ants "to add a sour…
Standing waist-deep in the waters of Senegal’s famed Pink Lake, Seydou Toure uses a shovel to scrape salt from the lakebed that he will later sell to tourists…
From building wind turbines to reinforcing power grids for rising demand from electric cars, transitioning from fossil fuels to greener economies will require…
A top lawmaker from Australia's far-right One Nation party has grabbed headlines after exploding at a misbehaving dog as he was grilled on live TV. Former…
A Singapore court sentenced an Indian tourist to more than two years in jail over a failed bid to steal a diamond by hiding it in his accomplice's mouth. …
One may not expect thousands to flock each winter to Lesotho but for many ski enthusiasts from across southern Africa, the small, landlocked mountain kingdom…
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is at a very high risk of extreme and widespread bleaching and "ecosystem collapse" linked to this year's El Nino weather…
A butterfly charity said the UK could be set for a “bumper” year of the insects as it launches its annual appeal for the public to count them, according to BBC…
Temperatures in several areas in Greece on Monday exceeded 40 degrees Celsius for the first time this year, with the country experiencing its first heatwave. …
Economical, environmentally friendly and efficient, urban cooling systems are being promoted as a future solution to increasingly hot summers in France,…