Leviathan task: saving the whales in Dublin's 'dead zoo'

A huddle of specialised staff at Dublin’s “dead zoo” perform a high-wire puzzle, delicately disassembling two…

'Superfungus' threatens last Panamanian golden frogs

Cocooned from the outside world, some 200 critically endangered golden frogs are living a sheltered existence…

Smoke chokes West Coast as wildfire deaths keep climbing

Wildfire smoke that posed a health hazard to millions choked the West Coast on Saturday as…

US gears for rising death toll in West Coast wildfires

US officials girded Saturday for the possibility of mass fatalities from raging wildfires up and down…

Antarctica is still free of COVID-19. Can it stay that way?

At this very moment a vast world exists that’s free of the coronavirus, where people can…

Sri Lanka navy plugs fuel leak on fire-stricken tanker

Sri Lankan military divers fixed a fuel leak from the engine of a fire-damaged oil tanker…

Humpback whales stray up tropical Aussie river

A trio of humpback whales—usually bound for Antarctica this time of year—took a wrong turn, heading…

China says Mars probe stable; no word on reusable spacecraft

China’s Mars probe Tianwen-1, which blasted into space in July, is now more than 15 million…

US democratic indicators plummet amid racial justice protests and pandemic

The health of democracy in the United States has reached its lowest point since an academic…

Trout don't follow the weather forecast

An endangered fish in California might use its internal clock to decide when to migrate, according…