Cambodian officials are warning visitors to the nation's famous Angkor Wat complex of buildings to stay away from wild monkeys. They say the animals have become aggressive and destructive. The officials blamed the behavior of the macaque monkeys on v...
The Gettysburg National Military Park is in the small town of Gettysburg in the eastern state of Pennsylvania. Much of the area around Gettysburg still looks like it did in the 1860s, during the American Civil War. The town is in the middle of good f...
Norway is very close to meeting its goal of selling only fully electric new vehicles starting this year. The Norwegian Road Federation (OFV), an automotive industry group, estimates that nearly 96 percent of new cars registered in Norway in January w...
Japan's space agency says it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new H3 rocket. The latest launch on February 2 took place as the country aims to develop a more precise positioning system. The H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki 6 satell...
New Zealand's parliament recently passed a law that gives a mountain all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The indigenous Māori people of New Zealand consider the mountain their ancestor. The mountain is now known by its Māori name,...
A New York food bank was offered a large donation of fresh fish last month - but the gift came with a complication. LocalCoho, a New York salmon farm that was closing, wanted to give 18,100 kilograms of coho salmon to the Food Bank of Central New Yor...
US Approves Treatment for Severe High Blood Pressure Michael Garrity had dangerously high blood pressure for many years. And the medicines that doctors gave him could not control it. But a new treatment targeting some nerves on his kidneys has helped...
US Company Gives Over 18,000 Kilograms of Salmon to Food Bank A New York food bank was offered a large donation of fresh fish last month but the gift came with a complication. LocalCoho, a New York salmon farm that was closing, wanted to give 18,100...
Conflict Complicates Environmental Problems at the Dead Sea International visitors to Israel used to visit Ein Gedi, a popular beach on the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is the place on Earth's surface that is farthest below sea level. Now, the beautiful de...
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 of Alpha Genesi...
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 than 20 years. The species of turtle is known as...
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 path of the wind-...
Scientists with Disabilities Seek Changes to Improve their Work Disabled researchers often face barriers while carrying out their work. So some scientists with disabilities are seeking to increase attention about the problem and come up with workable...
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 system brought snow to severa...
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 the Wheeler N...
