Around 900 snakes – many of them venomous – are on the loose after Typhoon Maysak swept through the region, causing flooding that has so far killed 39 people.

After devastating the Northern Mariana Island of Rota and causing damage in Guam earlier this week, Typhoon Bavi continues to lose strength as it sets its sights on eastern China. Typhoon Bavi, the ...

Thirty beluga whales stranded at a shuttered marine park in Canada will soon be moved to new homes after U.S. officials approved a complex international rescue effort. The whales have been living at ...

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City has jumped to 14 confirmed cases, health officials said Sunday.

A deadly heat wave, followed by severe weather, left hundreds of thousands without power, delayed the Washington, D.C., fireworks show for hours and turned holiday gatherings dangerous from the ...

An adored -- and feared -- local celebrity has returned to Tasmania, Australia: a 2,200-pound southern elephant seal known as Neil the Seal. About the size of a large bull, Neil is known for causing ...

The sizzling, stormy start to July will continue into another week as the risk of severe thunderstorms and flash flooding shifts across the central and eastern part of the nation, according to ...

July 8 (UPI) -- NASA's New Horizons probe has awakened after hibernating for nearly a year billions of miles into deep space. New Horizons is often placed into a resource-saving mode while cruising ...

The U.S. Wildland Fire Service identified the three firefighters killed as Emily Barker, 38, of Michigan, Nick Hutcherson, 27 of Arizona, and Sydney Watson, 27, of Alabama.

Volunteer firefighters in Colorado continued battling the Aspen Acres Fire even after learning their own homes had burned. Their homes are among at least 780 destroyed by the massive wildfire burning ...

The record-smashing heat dome that has been dominating the weather pattern in the central and eastern United States since late last month will finally relent and shift west through mid-July, say ...

Wildfire season could ramp up early in 2026 as drought covers over 40% of the US The spring weather pattern is lining up to dry fuels faster than usual in key areas, causing the wildfire risk to ...