Your dead palm is a woodpecker home—and that's good

At the very edges of urbanization, Northern Flicker woodpeckers live in dead palm trees raising their…

Bee biodiversity barometer on Fiji

The biodiversity buzz is alive and well in Fiji, but climate change, noxious weeds and multiple…

Gabon minister hails country's responsiblity after historic forest deal

Prevention is better than cure. Click here for original story, Gabon minister hails country’s…

Lingering Pacific heat wave threatens Hawaii coral

At the edge of an ancient lava flow where jagged black rocks meet the Pacific, small…

Early Van Gogh works auctioned in Belgium

Two early works by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh were auctioned in the Belgian city of…

'Moment of truth' at key UN climate summit

Some 60 world leaders convene on Monday for a UN summit on “climate emergency” aimed at…

Five-year period ending 2019 set to be hottest on record

A damning new UN report published Sunday said the world is falling badly behind in the…

Swiss hold high-altitude wake for lost glacier

Dozens of people dressed in black went on a “funeral march” up a steep Swiss mountainside…

Could Venus have been habitable?

Venus may have been a temperate planet hosting liquid water for 2-3 billion years, until a…

Communities search for ways to live with growing fire threat

Unless it’s Sunday, Kelly Loew is steering her rusty red Jeep down the same mail route…