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Sierra Leone VP, boluntaryong sumailalim sa quarantine dahil sa banta ng...

FILE PHOTO: Si Sierra Leone vice-president Samuel Sam-Sumana sa kanan (naka-puti), kasama si president Ernest Bai Koroma noong 2012. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters Boluntaryong nagpa-quarantine si Sierra...

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P65-M, inilaan sa Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area

FILE PHOTO: Isang Chinese Egret na lumilipad sa ibabaw ng lawa sa Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area o LPPCHEA (WILLIE SY / Photoville International) MANILA, Philippines –...

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Food concerns mount in Vanuatu after monster cyclone

A man passes a destroyed house after Cyclone Pam struck in Lenakel, Tanna, about 125 miles (200 km) from Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu March 17, 2015. CREDIT: REUTERS/EDGAR SU (Reuters) – International...

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Ecowaste Coalition appeals to government to implement nationwide plastic ban

A demonstration part of Ecowaste Coalition’s call for a ‘Nationwide Plastic Ban’ (UNTV News) MANILA, Philippines — Plastics comprised the largest part of the wastes being collected in the country. In a...

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Bureau of Soil and Water Management conducts cloud seeding operations for...

Modified aircraft spread the substances used for cloud seeding. Reuters Thousands of hectares of agricultural lands in Negros and Zamboanga city are in need of cloud seeding operation. Based on the...

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Australian tracking station to get first new images of Pluto

Pluto is pictured from a million miles away in this July 11, 2015 handout image from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI).REUTERS/NASA-JHUAPL SWRI/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS A space tracking...

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Tiny Pluto sports big mountains, New Horizons finds

A new close-up image of a region near Pluto’s equator reveals a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) above the surface of the icy body, in a picture released July...

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Scientists puzzle over Pluto’s polygons

Pluto’s largest moon Charon is shown in this NASA handout image which was taken at approximately 0630 EDT (1030 GMT) on July 14, 2015, about 1.5 hours before New Horizons’ closest approach to Pluto,...

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NASA spacecraft shows Pluto wrapped in haze, ice flows

This NASA’s photo of Pluto was made from four images from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) combined with color data from the Ralph instrument in this enhanced color global view...

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Massive Aztec human skull rack found in Mexico City

Archeologists have discovered a massive ceremonial skull rack from the heyday of the Aztec empire in the heart of Mexico City, a find that could shed new light on how its rulers projected power by...

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Upgraded e-jeepneys back in operation

MANILA, Philippines — The upgraded version of the electronic jeepney is now back in the streets. Global Electric Tranport and Pasang Masda presented today the Comet model 2, an alternative to...

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Senate questions government agencies on dumping of Canadian wastes in PH

FILE PHOTO: Some of the container vans from Canada (Senate Photos) MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will invite members of the inter-agency task force...

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Southeast Asia wheezes in haze, Indonesia cracks down on land burning

A man stands on his wooden boat as it crosses the haze shrouded Batanghari River in Jambi, Indonesia Sumatra island, September 14, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta A worsening haze across northern Indonesia,...

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Nature thrives in Chernobyl, site of worst nuclear disaster

A wild boar crosses the snow in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. REUTERS/Tatyana Deryabina/T.G. Deryabina et al/Current Biology 2015 Oct 5 – Some 30 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident blasted...

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One tough bird: vulture’s genes help it thrive on rotting flesh

A couple of black vultures (Aegypius monachus) eat carrion at a center run by the Black Vulture Conservation Foundation (BVCF) near Campanet, on the Spanish balearic island of Mallorca in this June 13,...

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New law modernizes forestry profession

According to Environment Secretary Paje, the new law provides a much-needed boost to the profession by making it more attuned to the present time. Republic Act No. 10690 or the Forestry Profession Act,...

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Scientists learn how some fish can supercharge their vision

Tasmanian salmon swim in a pond, which can hold up to 40,000 fish, during a daily inspection of the nets at a Tasmanian salmon farm owned by Huon Aquaculture Group Ltd located at Hideaway Bay, south of...

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Science’s ‘Breakthrough’ winners earn over $21 million in prizes

Russian entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner arrives on the red carpet during the second annual Breakthrough Prize Awards at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California...

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Brazil vows to make BHP, Vale pay for deadly mine disaster

Debris is pictured in Bento Rodigues district which was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, in Mariana, Brazil, November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes Brazil’s...

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El Niño sends rare tropical visitors to California waters

Ryder DeVoe, 17, holds up dorado fish he caught free diving off the coast of San Diego, California September 2, 2015 in this handout photo provided by Rick DeVoe, November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Rick...

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