Remarkable evidence of ancient humans found under Florida river
Friday, May 13, 2016Neil Puckett, a Ph.D. student from Texas A&M University involved in the excavations, surfaces with the limb bone of a juvenile mastodon at a sinkhole in limestone bedrock at the...
View ArticleDivers find ancient Roman cargo from 1,600-yr old shipwreck in Israel
Monday, May 16, 2016Items, which the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) estimate to be around 1600 years old, are displayed after it was recovered from a merchant ship in the ancient harbor of the...
View ArticleBlazing meteor creates light show across New England sky
A meteor streaking across the sky was caught on Portland Maine Police Department patrol vehicle camera in this images posted on social media in Portland, Maine, United States early May 17, 2016....
View ArticleSkywatchers can see close, bright Mars looming large this month
The planet Mars is shown May 12, 2016 in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope view taken May 12, 2016 when it was 50 million miles from Earth. Earth’s neighbor planet makes its closest approach in a decade...
View ArticleGenes of slain Cincinnati gorilla to live on
Harambe, a 17-year-old gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by Cincinnati Zoo. Harambe, the 17-year-old gorilla shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo, could...
View ArticleHow dogs became man’s best friend – twice over
Arthur Ward stands with his Pyrenean Mountain Dog Cody during the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England, March 5, 2015.REUTERS/DARREN STAPLES/FILE PHOTO Ancient humans made...
View ArticleResearchers find 39 unreported sources of major pollution: NASA
Grey plumes of toxic dust from giant nickel smelters in the Siberian city of Norilsk are carried by Arctic winds as far away as Canada and Scandinavia, September 27, 2003. Reuters Researchers in the...
View ArticleSave the last dance for me: Being cute not enough for this spider when...
Monday, June 06, 2016A specimen of the newly-discovered Australian Peacock spider, Maratus Bubo, shows off his colourful abdomen in this undated picture from Australia. Jurgen Otto/Handout via REUTERS...
View ArticleEnvironmental advocates, to monitor the first 100 days of President-elect...
Environmental advocates pose while holding their advocacy posters.(UNTV NEWS) Environmental advocates will be monitoring nine environmental action points that President-elect Rodrigo Duterte promised...
View ArticleThe bright side: global ‘light pollution’ obscures starry nights
The ‘Milky Way’ is seen in the night sky around telescopes and camps of people over rocks in the White Desert north of the Farafra Oasis southwest of Cairo May 16, 2015.REUTERS/AMR ABDALLAH DALSH When...
View ArticleScientists use climate, population changes to predict diseases
A mosquito is seen under a microscope at the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District in Santa Fe Springs, California, U.S., May 18, 2016.REUTERS/LUCY NICHOLSON – RTSFJ85 British scientists...
View ArticleSalvage operation set for ship stuck in Cebu reef
CEBU, Phillipines — An inter-agency meeting was held yesterday to discuss the salvage operation on the ship that ran aground on Monday in southeast of Malapascua Island in northern Cebu. Among the...
View ArticleNASA’s Juno spacecraft loops into orbit around Jupiter
Tuesday, July 05, 2016NASA’s Juno spacecraft obtained this color view at a distance of 6.8 million miles (10.9 million kilometers) from Jupiter, on June 21, 2016. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Handout via...
View ArticleAstronomers spy giant planet, three stars in odd celestial ballet
An artist’s impression shows a view of the triple star system HD 131399 from close to the giant planet orbiting in the system. Courtesy of ESO/L. Calçada/Handout viaREUTERS Astronomers have discovered...
View ArticleAuditing of mining companies in Mindanao expected to end next week – Sec. Lopez
The auditing of all mining companies in Mindanao being conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is expected to be completed by next week. This was the announcement of...
View ArticleSuspended mining operations reaches 7
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) suspended another mining operation making it the 7th one to date. Four of them are in Zambales, 2 in Palawan and the latest is the Ore Asia...
View ArticleLLDA shuts down recycling factory in Carmona, Cavite
The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) ordered temporary closure of Azzions Recycling Solutions, Inc. in Brgy. Maduya, Carmona, Cavite this morning. This was after the LLDA discovered and...
View ArticleLong in the tooth: the Greenland shark may live four centuries
Thursday, August 11, 2016A Greenland shark swims away from a research boat, returning to the deep and cold waters of the Uummannaq Fjord in northwestern Greenland, in this undated handout picture from...
View ArticlePhilippines turns over chairmanship on Climate Vulnerable Forum to Ethiopia
File photo. Today, the Philippines has formally turned over to Ethiopia the presidential seat on Climate Vulnerable Forum or CVF. CVF is composed of 43 developing contries that work together to advance...
View ArticleEnvironment-friendly Philippine cities receive recognition
Several cities in the Philippines receive trophies for participating in the Earth Hour City Challenge of the World Wide Fund for nature or WWF which ran from 2015 to 2016. The challenge aims to...
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