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Coverage of scientific research and breakthroughs, environmental issues, and health.

An orca swims with its baby at the Marineland animal park in the French Riviera city of Antibes in 2013

Wikie and Keijo

France struggles to find new home for two orcas after park closes

Japan's 'sakura' season is feverishly anticipated by locals and visitors alike, with the profusion of the stunning blossoms marking the start of spring

AI tool aims to help conserve Japan's cherry trees

Activists and NGOs are concerned about the impact of deep-sea mining, citing the environmental destruction it results in

Charting new course

The Metals Company courts Trump for deep-sea mining contract

Workers remove a magnolia tree believed to have been planted by former US President Andrew Jackson nearly 200 years ago due to safety concerns, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025. An enormous tree known as the Jackson Magnolia which has shaded the White House's South Portico for the majority of US presidencies will be taken down this week, Donald Trump said Sunday.

Planted by Andrew Jackson

Trump plants 'MAGAnolia' to replace 200-year-old tree

Conservationists have cleared invasive shrubs and planted thousands of native trees in the Colorado River Delta, part of a Mexican region bordering the United States

Two-decade effort

Once-dying Mexican river delta slowly nursed back to life

The 8,091-metre (26,545-foot) Annapurna is a dangerous and difficult climb, and the avalanche-prone Himalayan peak has a higher death rate than Everest

First ascent of the season

Two Nepalis swept away by Annapurna avalanche

Some areas of Europe were hit by extreme rainfall while others experienced record dry conditions

Global temperatures at near historic highs in March: EU monitor

Many researchers are worried about the future of academic freedom in the United States

Funding and support cuts

'Major brain drain': Researchers eye exit from Trump's America

Two zebras were among the animals that German police discovered in the van

Stopped on Dutch border

German police earn their stripes with zebra-loaded van stop

Indigenous communities want as much of a say as world leaders at this year's UN climate change conference in the Brazilian Amazon

Indigenous leaders want same clout as world leaders at UN climate talks

Starmer visited a Jaguar Land Rover car factory in Birmingham, central England, in a show of industry support

Loosening electric vehicle targets

Starmer unveils support for tariff-hit auto sector

There are allegations that some EU money given to NGOs was used to lobby European institutions

'Greater transparency' needed

EU funding of NGOs 'too opaque', auditors find amid political storm

Anja Windl became known for her protests against climate change, including gluing herself on streets

'Danger for the public'

German climate activist faces expulsion from Austria after ban

Microplastics under a microscope in a laboratory at the University of Plymouth

'Smaller than a grain of rice'

'Alarming' microplastic pollution in Europe's great rivers

The vast majority of measles cases tallied by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are patients not vaccinated against the disease

Outbreak worsening

Second US child dies of measles, almost 650 ill: officials

Photos shared on social and local media showed widespread damage from the storm across several US states

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama

US storms, 'devastating' flooding death toll climbs to 17

A man lies on top of a car amid rising floodwaters in Kinshasa

Deadly downpour

Torrential rains kill dozens in DR Congo capital

American neurologist Stephen Hauser's work on multiple sclerosis (MS) started more than 45 years ago, when he met a young patient named Andrea

Neurodegenerative disease

Research on multiple sclerosis wins 'Oscars of science'

An alien's blog

Earth's wonders and wounds

People remove debris from a building destroyed by a tornado in Louisville, Kentucky

Widespread damage

US storms, 'severe' flooding death toll climbs to 16

This October 17, 2017, image courtesy of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard shows Breakthrough Prize-winning US molecular biologist David Liu, who is at the forefront of pioneering work in gene editing

The scientist rewriting DNA, and the future of medicine

The ice forms in the shape of cones that resemble Buddhist stupas, and act as a storage system -- steadily melting throughout spring when temperatures rise

Artificial glaciers boost water supply in northern Pakistan

Do you hear a voice in your head? Not everyone has an inner monologue, psychologists are discovering

'I don't have a voice in my head': Life with no inner monologue

Brazil's best-known Indigenous leader Chief Raoni Metuktire wants President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to designate more Amazon land as protected Indigenous territory to help prevent deforestation

Lula admits 'still a lot to do' for Indigenous Brazilians

Cuba aims to generate 12 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2025 and 37 percent by 2030

Escape reliance on oil

Cuba looks to sun to solve its energy crisis

The IMO holds key talks next week on whether to approve a carbon tax on international shipping

Nations divided ahead of decisive week for shipping emissions

With space for 6,000 people, the Merihaka shelter in central Helsinki houses an underground playground, several ball courts and a gym

Granodiorite bedrock

Finland's colossal bomb shelters a model for jittery Europe

In Thailand's Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary, scientists confront the toll that human activity and climate change are having on forests that are supposed to be protected

Drier conditions

'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forest

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