Firefighters are currently battling the Jennings Creek wildfire in Sterling Forest State Park on the border between the US states of New York and New Jersey. A young state forest ranger died during the firefighting efforts on Saturday. The 18-year-old was struck by a tree. Light rainfall on Monday improved the air quality and made it easier to extinguish the fire.
There are between 100,000 and 300,000 of these snakes in the region – and they can swallow a small deer whole. What can Florida do about this threat to biodiversity?
'It is like Niagara Falls every time we get moderate rain,' homeowner Patricia Clarke said.
Like everything powered by lithium batteries, electric cars can perform less well in the cold. Here’s what that means for you, and how to work around it.
The owner of a San Diego whale-watching company this week shared extraordinary footage showing Eastern Tropical Pacific killer whales preying on dolphins during recent visits from Mexico. The footage posted below, narrated by Domenic Biag
The A1101 Welney Wash Road has been left submerged under more than two feet of water as the Environment Agency issues two more flood alerts.
Dennis Iliffe was told by his insurer the winds of Storm Darragh were too slow to qualify for a claim.
Forecasters have predicted that there is a possibility Norfolk could see some snow in the lead-up to Christmas.
Ed Miliband is to overrule local residents in a planning shake-up that will pave the way for thousands more wind turbines across Britain.
Conservationists in Cambodia on Friday celebrated the discovery of six highly endangered Mekong giant catfish in the critical Southeast Asian waterway plagued by illegal fishing, habitat loss and plastic waste.Besides overfishing and plastic pollution, the Mekong River Basin has been degraded by upstream dams and climate change, which have had a major impact on water levels in the critically endangered catfish's aquatic home.
The conservation charity says Angela Rayner’s push to speed up home building could taint urban ‘oases’ of greenery
It is not even Christmas yet: trees are still being decorated, turkeys are yet to be defrosted and Christmas puddings remain intact. Next year's global average temperature is likely to be the third-highest on record - going back to 1850 - after 2024 in the top spot and 2023 in second place, the Met Office said today. This year is on course to be at least 1.5C hotter than pre-industrial times, before humans started burning fossil fuels at scale, and 2023 was 1.45C warmer.
The loss of rainforest three times the size of London can be linked to these five European shipping companies.View on euronews
Plans have been approved for a solar farm north west of Swindon across 12.53ha of agricultural fields.
The competition hopes to use humour and exceptional photography to promote conservation.View on euronews
The common murre, a large black-and-white seabird native to northern waters, has become far less common in Alaska over the past decade due to the impacts of climate change.- Climate winners and losers - The marine heat wave didn't just impact common murres.
The Galapagos tortoise is one of the most iconic reptiles on Earth, and for good reason. These gentle giants are the largest tortoises in the world, living on the Galápagos Islands and playing a key role in their ecosystems.
Amid Italian island’s worst drought, towns such as Troina are fighting for survival as supplies run dry and tensions rise
The RSPCA has rescued 50 cats from a Mountain Ash property after being found living in an unsuitable environment - many kept confined in cages.
Contamination thought to stem from the heavy application of pesticides containing TFA, a type of PFAS
A leading group of scientists has said research aimed at developing synthetic bacteria should be halted because it could pose an existential threat to humanity. The coalition of 38 scientists across nine countries warned that the creation of so-called mirror bacteria – a form of life built with biological molecules in shapes that are the opposite of those found in nature – could end up being "catastrophic".
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