Environment

Memphis (AFP) - In the middle of the shrunken Mississippi, a barge drags a giant metal-edged suction head along the riverbed to remove sediment from shipping lanes.  The crew of...

Turrell (United States) (AFP) - Jonathan Driver, an Arkansas farmer with blackened hands and a thick southern drawl, doesn't have a minute to spare. He's been working 16 or 17...

New York (AFP) - At first glance, the spotted lanternfly looks like an elegant butterfly, speckled with black spots on white wings with a splash of bright red.  But the...

Washington (AFP) - They're one of the most endangered mammals in the world, and a species you may never have even heard of: North Atlantic right whales.  American conservationists are...

Washington (AFP) - An overwhelming majority of large boats off the US East Coast are speeding through slow-zones designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only...

Washington (AFP) - Following another month of record-breaking temperatures throughout the globe in September, the year 2023 is all but certain to be the warmest on record, a US agency...

Yangon (Myanmar) (AFP) - In a working-class neighbourhood of Myanmar's Yangon, plastic waste is piled a metre high, the toxic product of what a recent investigation said is rampant dumping...

Los Angeles (AFP) - Voters in the US were busy addressing weighty issues Tuesday, casting their ballots for the overall champion of a national park's annual Fat Bear Week. The...

San Francisco (AFP) - With its golden hue and light fruity flavor, the beer being sipped by Aaron Tartakovsky looks and tastes just like many others. But it contains an...

Paris (AFP) - The world's largest multilateral climate fund will aim to boost cash flow in a donor conference on Thursday, with all eyes on what the United States will...