Photos show penguins, seals and orcas in the warming Antarctic Peninsula
ANTARCTICA (AP) — The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn’t…
UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves amid biodiversity challenges and climate change
An Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70%…
France swelters under a heat wave as fire crews guard smoldering vineyards
PARIS — A blistering heatwave gripped southwest France on Monday, sending thermometers soaring to 43 degrees Celsius (109.4…
Tsunami risk appears to pass for US after 8.8 magnitude earthquake hits off Russia
HONOLULU (AP) — Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of…
Man dies trying to cross English Channel from France
PARIS — One person has died after attempting to cross the English Channel from a beach in northern…
250-year-old shipwreck discovered on Scottish island
LONDON — When a schoolboy going for a run found the ribs of a wooden ship poking through…