NEWS / Environment

Metropolitan France is getting ready to experience its 50th heatwave since 1947.

Paris holds the grim record of being the deadliest capital in Europe – and potentially the developed world – during heatwaves, according to a study published in The Lancet in 2023.

A video is causing a stir in Germany. It shows a feline clearly too large to be a domestic cat. Authorities in the Saale district have issued an official warning urging utmost caution.

Fossils had been abandoned in a drawer at the scientific institute in the city of Ulaanbaatar.

It’s no longer in doubt: climate change is wreaking havoc in many regions across the world.

Rare oarfish species have been found washed up on beaches in Tamil Nadu and Tasmania.

A veil of smoke hangs over Mont-Blanc. This mountain, the highest peak in Western Europe, has become a collateral victim of forest fires in Canada! The smoke has crossed the Atlantic.

Concerns about drought are growing in Europe after an exceptionally dry spring, especially in the northwest and central regions. Globally, May 2025 was the second-warmest May ever recorded.

Can authorities halt the subsidence?

The history of the Transantarctic Mountains dates back hundreds of millions of years.

The country is preparing for a seismic disaster that has been dubbed "The Big One".

34-year-old Zunyong Liu was caught in July 2024 upon arrival at Detroit airport in the US with a fungus in his luggage. The Chinese scientist claimed he wanted to study the fungus at the University of Michigan, where his girlfriend works. But according to US authorities, they had different intentions.