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A community in southern Thailand has offered a reward for catching whoever stole dozens of unhatched eggs of an endangered turtle species By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON Associated Press January 6, 2020, 2:06 PM 2 min read BANGKOK — A community in southern Thailand has offered a reward for catching whoever stole dozens of unhatched eggs of […]

A new high school in New Orleans is preparing students for careers in coastal protection and restoration By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press January 6, 2020, 6:16 AM 4 min read NEW ORLEANS — A new high school in New Orleans is preparing students for careers in coastal protection and restoration, anticipating a future with ongoing

The leader of YouTube’s trust and safety team says he has to balance safety and civility with what the company considers a core mission: freedom of expression By RACHEL LERMAN AP Technology Writer January 5, 2020, 5:22 PM 3 min read SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Halprin, the global head of trust and safety for YouTube,

An aquarium and engineering firm in Massachusetts are partnering on a project to better protect whales by monitoring them from space By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press January 5, 2020, 6:20 PM 3 min read PORTLAND, Maine — An aquarium and an engineering firm in Massachusetts are partnering on a project to better protect whales by

A report by the charity Oxfam says the average British person will pump out more carbon emissions in two weeks than citizens in seven African nations will emit in the entire year January 5, 2020, 4:17 PM 1 min read LONDON — The average British person will pump out more carbon emissions in two weeks

CASEY STATION, Antarctica — Near a nice, big hole in the ice and beneath the stone gray, midday Antarctic summer skies, six Adélie penguins stared at six men toiling with tools. The chasm in the ice might have been an inviting entry to the krill-rich waters below. None of the members of the tuxedoed recon

When Facebook was searching for another New York office, one big enough to fit as many as 6,000 workers, more than double the number it currently employs in the city, it had one major demand: It needed the space urgently. So after the company settled on Hudson Yards, the vast mini-city taking shape on Manhattan’s

Australia’s unprecedented wildfires are supercharged thanks to climate change, the type of trees catching fire and weather, experts say. And these fires are so extreme that they are triggering their own thunderstorms. Here are a few questions and answers about the science behind the Australian wildfires that so far have burned about 5 million hectares

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says a volcano in the Aleutian Islands erupted and sent an ash cloud high into the air January 3, 2020, 9:55 PM 2 min read ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands erupted Friday and sent up an ash cloud, prompting a warning for planes. Shishaldin Volcano shot ash

A university laboratory is beginning tests on skeletal remains found beneath an 18th century home to help identify the three people believed to be soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War By CHRIS EHRMANN Associated Press January 3, 2020, 8:39 PM 3 min read NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — A university laboratory began tests Friday on skeletal