2025-02-01 Last Four Monkeys Return to ‘Monkey Farm’ in South Carolina
Officials in the southern U.S. state of South Carolina have recaptured the last of 43 monkeys who escaped from a farm that raises monkeys in early November. The chief executive…
2025-01-30 In India, Sudden Sea Turtle Deaths Cause Concern
Over 400 dead sea turtles have been found on India’s east coast near the city of Chennai in the last two weeks. Those numbers have not been seen in more…
2025-01-29 Taiwan to Kill Tens of Thousands of Iguanas to Protect Farmland
Taiwan plans to kill up to 120,000 green iguanas that are damaging the island’s agriculture industry. Around 200,000 of the animals are believed to be in the island’s southern and…
2025-01-29 Is the Pink Substance Dropped on LA Fires Safe?
The efforts to battle widespread fires across Los Angeles included aircraft drops of a bright red and pink substance. The material covered forests, homes, cars, and other things in the…
2025-01-28 Colorado Court Rules Elephants Barred from Seeking Zoo Release, Are Not Humans
A court in the American state of Colorado has ruled against an animal rights group seeking the release of five elephants from a zoo. Lawyers for the group Nonhuman Rights…
2025-01-28 UN Says 250 million Students Missed School in 2024 Because of Weather
A United Nations report has found that extreme weather interrupted the schooling of at least 242 million children last year. The weather included severe events such as heatwaves, cyclones and…
2025-01-27 The American South Gets ‘Once-in-a Lifetime’ Snow and Cold
People in the southern U.S. state of Florida are used to warm, sunny weather. But on January 21, Floridians saw a rare sight: snow on their beaches. A cold weather…
2025-01-26 Birdwatchers Photograph Prized Waterbirds in Alabama
In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of birds called sandhill cranes search for food such as berries, corn, seeds and insects. The cranes come to…
2025-01-23 US Solar Farms Put Hungry Sheep to Work
A group of sheep on farmland in the American state of Texas work together to complete a job: eating the grass growing beneath hundreds of solar panels. Sheep have become…
2025-01-21 Nepal Supreme Court Bans Large Business Development in Protected Areas
Nepal’s Supreme Court has struck down disputed laws that permit waterpower centers, visitor housing such as hotels, and other business development in protected natural areas. Environmental defenders say the January…
2025-01-18 The Inauguration of the US President Through Time
On January 20, the United States president is sworn into office in Washington D.C. The inauguration is an important ceremony that officially marks the start of an administration. As part…
2025-01-15 Greenland Holds Important Position in a Warming World
Greenland is the world’s largest island and a self-governed territory of Denmark. About 57,000 people live there, mainly along its coasts. Most of Greenland lies north of the Arctic Circle,…
2025-01-08 Pope Francis Names First Woman to Lead Major Vatican Office
Pope Francis has named the first woman to lead a major office of the Roman Catholic Church. On Monday, he chose an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to head the…
2025-01-07 Brazilian Nun Is World’s Oldest Person at 116
Sister Inah Canabarro was born in 1908. She was six years old when The First World War began in 1914. The soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to be the…
2025-01-07 Florida and the Federal Government Support Huge Projects to Clean Up the Everglades
Some experts say damage to the Everglades ecosystem began when a highway connecting the cities of Tampa and Miami in Florida was built in 1928. The Everglades are a huge…