Chilled-out hippo masters art of staying cool
An adorable hippopotamus delighted tourists after being spotted taking an afternoon nap in a pond at Shou Shan Zoo in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in late March. The relaxed animal was the very definition of chill.
An adorable hippopotamus delighted tourists after being spotted taking an afternoon nap in a pond at Shou Shan Zoo in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in late March. The relaxed animal was the very definition of chill.
Holidaymakers are urged to follow the advice of local authorities
The Foreign Office has changed Spain travel advice and issued new guidance for European Union holidaymakers.
Locals have previously said they were concerned over the height and scale of the development. The turbines are proposed to be 200m in height
More than 10,000 people have been told to evacuate as a “dangerously fast” wildfire engulfs homes near Los Angeles for a second day.
The catastrophic torrential rains that overflowed rivers and normally dry canals in eastern Spain last week triggered flash floods that submerged entire communities and killed scores of people. The deluge left behind a landscape of devastation, especially in Valencia, the hardest-hit region. The historic floods caused 219 deaths, 211 of them in the Valencia region alone.
LET’S UNPACK THAT: We’ve got through the start of term, Halloween and bonfire night – and the weather still doesn’t warrant a winter coat. Helen Coffey asks the experts why we’re continuing to sweat through autumn
AccuWeather reported that the hurricane’s most probable US landfall will be the Louisiana coast
Spanish authorities issued their first tally of the missing on Tuesday when a Valencia court said that 89 people are confirmed to be unaccounted for.View on euronews
A wildfire northwest of Los Angeles burned out of control for a second day Thursday after destroying dozens of homes, but officials said firefighters could get a break with fierce winds expected to subside by evening. More than 10,000 residents remained under evacuation orders as the Mountain Fire continued to threaten some 3,500 structures in suburban neighborhoods, ranches and agricultural areas around Camarillo in Ventura County. County fire officials said crews working in steep terrain with support from water-dropping helicopters were focusing on protecting homes on hillsides along the fire's northeast edge near the city of Santa Paula, home to more than 30,000 people.
There are strict rules about what you can and can't do - and who has the responsibility to clear up the mess
The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate could undo many of the national climate policies that are most reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to climate solutions experts. When they list measures that are making the most difference, it lines up with policies Trump has said he'll target.
Plans to build a 6,000-home eco-village dubbed ‘Hellborne’ have been approved despite backlash from neighbours.
Climate change-induced warming is drying out the American West by not only reducing precipitation, but also by accelerating evaporation — even amid adequate rainfall, a new study has found. Evaporation accounted for 61 percent of the region’s drought severity from 2020 to 2022, while reduced precipitation was responsible for just 39 percent of these conditions,…
Welsh Water pumped 56,000 cubic metres of wastewater into the river between July 2022 and February this year when they didn't actually need to
Power was restored to parts of Cuba on Thursday a day after Hurricane Rafael swept over the island, leaving its 10 million inhabitants without electricity for the second time in a month.By Thursday afternoon, power had been restored "between the center and the east" of the island, President Miguel Diaz-Canel's office said.
A HOUSING developer has denied claims made by a Scottish councillor that trucks full of sewage from a new housing estate are being emptied into a village’s main drains system.
Environmentalists says the mammals help protect against flooding, but landowners say they damage watercourses and trees
Let's talk about one of the most dazzling — and dangerous — creatures in the animal kingdom: the golden poison dart frog. These tiny amphibians have incredibly toxic skin, and it packs a serious punch.
With the festive season fast approaching, it’s got us wondering how likely is it to snow before Christmas? And how much snow can we expect in November?
Plans for a stadium-sized warehouse by the A41 near Bushey and Watford are half-again as large as those previously agreed.