The U.S.'s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed to protect vanishing ...

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An international team of scientists has identified how to pinpoint and predict hotspots for some of the most dangerous ...

The Japanese priest and his parishioners gathered before dawn, hoping that climate change had not robbed them of the chance to experience an increasingly rare communion with the sacred.

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The 20th-century French philosopher Simone Weil once said that compassion was an impossibility. She said it is "a more ...

This week, researchers reported on a juvenile great white shark caught by fishermen in Spanish Mediterranean waters. China's ...

Cape Town, in South Africa, is famous for its dramatic mountains and coastline, but its greatest treasure lies in the plants ...

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For most young people, learning about social and political issues doesn't start with a textbook. It starts with a phone.

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A camera-trap survey conducted throughout 2025 has revealed the bewildering breadth of biodiversity hidden within the ...