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Indonesia relocates 8 orangutans into protected forest after rescue from wildfires

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Eight endangered orangutans were released into a protected forest weeks...

No black-footed ferrets found in Meeteetse, 40 years after a rescue saved the species

Wyoming wildlife managers are reporting that no black-footed ferrets are being detected in the cradle...

Peek inside Georgia’s record-setting sea turtle nesting season

Loggerhead sea turtles laid a record 4,292 nests on Georgia beaches this year, a hard-won rebound from...

Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight...

Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station...

Strawberry farmer hopes steam holds the key to healthy soil and a better crop

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Long-time strawberry farmer Rod Koda has rows of plants on his California...

Interpol crackdown on illegal mining, logging and wildlife trafficking leads to 233 arrests

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An international crackdown on environmental crime across Latin America and...

Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday...

Solar power helps Amazon communities ditch diesel and prepare for El Niño drought

SANTAREM, Brazil (AP) — For the riverine community of Nova Sociedade, deep inside a protected area o...

Scientist who hunts mysterious ghost particles in the Antarctic ice wins Nobel Prize for physics

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his...

California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning...

Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for shining light on brain activity

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led...

Astronauts arrive at International Space Station on the quickest US express flight yet

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts pulled up at the International Space Station on Thursday...

Earth’s driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now

THE ATACAMA DESERT, Chile (AP) — Spring has finally arrived in the Southern Hemisphere and, in Chile...

Swiss glaciers lose over 5% of ice volume in 2026 as heat waves, low winter snow accelerate thaw

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) — Glaciers in Switzerland – the home to the most in the Alps – lost 5.5%...

Isle Royale wolves inbred but likely to survive, study says

Researchers found Isle Royale wolves brought to the island in 2018 are likely to survive but are inbred...

Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record $3B to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus

Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion,...

Takeaways from AP investigation into collapse of housing towers during Venezuela's earthquakes

CARABALLEDA, Venezuela (AP) — The collapse of public housing buildings in the Venezuelan state of...

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