Environment

The administration of President Joe Biden on Friday announced it would restore protections under the Endangered Species Act, a law credited with saving iconic animals like the gray wolf and bald eagle, which were loosened by...

In the coastal district of Feni, local youths have been marching and striking to demand climate justice. Youthnet for Climate Justice, Feni District Branch held the program on Monday (May 31) afternoon in the char areas...

Two people died in an avalanche Sunday in the Canadian Rockies in Alberta province, police said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it had been advised by Parks Canada of an avalanche and confirmed that the...

The cyclonic storm “Yaas” over North Odisha and adjoining areas moved North-Northwestwards further, weakened into a deep depression over North Odisha and adjoining Jharkhand at 6 am today. It is likely to move North-Northwestwards further and...

At least two people died Wednesday as howling winds and huge waves slammed eastern India in the Covid-stricken country’s second cyclone in as many weeks, reports BSS. Cyclones happen regularly in the northern Indian Ocean but...

More than a million people in India have been evacuated as a powerful cyclone has started making landfall on its eastern coast on Wednesday. Cyclone Yaas, which intensified into a “very severe cyclonic storm”, hit the...

So-called urban heat islands expose Black Americans in US cities to twice as much additional warming during the summer as whites, a discrepancy with potentially serious health implications, researchers said on Tuesday. From June through August...

An investigation was underway on Monday into the deaths of 21 runners during a mountain ultramarathon in northwest China, as harrowing testimony emerged from survivors who battled to safety through freezing temperatures and bone-chilling winds. The...

Chimpanzees develop specific handshake-like gestures depending on their social group, according to the results of a 12-year observational study published on Wednesday that sheds light on the animals’ complex social structures. Chimps are often referred to...

More than 200 passengers have been injured in a head-on collision between two LRT trains in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Authorities say 48 of them are in critical condition. The accident happened around 9 pm...