A brown huntsman is the quickest of more than 250 species analysed by scientists in the UK and Germany If arachnophobes were not frightened enough by the horrific ability of Australia’s huntsman spiders to drag dead mice up the sides of fridges, they now have another reason. They might be...
Mushroom trip: a mycologist’s tour of the Tarkine
On a three-day fungi workshop in Australia’s largest cool temperate rainforest, Alexis Buxton-Collins unearths an unexpected appreciation for the third kingdom of life Revered as one of Australia’s last true wilderness areas, Takayna/Tarkine is a place of legends. Freshwater crayfish that can reach almost a metre in length lurk in...
New York Times reporters are subpoenaed after Air Force One reporting, newspaper says
The New York Times reports the Trump administration has subpoenaed several of its journalists after their report over security concerns with the new Air Force One
As gas plants rise to power AI, renewable energy allies are fighting for cleaner alternatives
Renewable energy allies are trying to ensure that massive data centers will be powered by climate-friendly sources
Judge tosses remnants of Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case after Trump’s broad clemency
A federal judge has dismissed the remnants of the government’s landmark case against far-right Proud Boys members who were convicted of seditious conspiracy
Democrat announces whistleblower allegations of construction problems at Kennedy Center
A Democratic senator says whistleblowers have alleged numerous problems with rushed reconstruction of the Kennedy Center
Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma
Rapidly growing wildfire in Los Angeles County prompts evacuations in remote high desert
A fast-spreading blaze has prompted evacuations in a sparsely populated area of Los Angeles County
Trump threatens Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral saw open calls for his killing
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened Iran after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for his killing
A July 4 boat trip, an 18-year-old’s death and a family’s search for answers in the Deep South
A week ago, 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells took a boat trip with friends to celebrate the Fourth of July on an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast