Some 2.2 billion years ago, an asteroid slammed into the Earth, leaving behind a massive, 43-mile-wide crater in what's now Western...

After years of mostly ignoring climate change, Florida lawmakers waded deeper into the matter on Tuesday , advancing a proposal that would create a statewide Office of Resiliency and establish a task force to begin looking into how best to protect the state's 1350 miles (2,173 kilometers) of coastline from rising oceans. It's a marked change from just a few years ago, when the issue of climate...

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SYDNEY -- In late October, lightning struck brittle earth on Gospers Mountain in New South Wales. The remains of trees bone dry from consecutive winters with little to no rain were ignited, and the fire quickly spread.Three months later, it is still burning.The Gospers Mountain fire, which became Australia's largest "megablaze" as it grew to link several separate fires, offers a...

The coronavirus, which can be spread among humans, likely originated at a seafood market in Wuhan,...

As of Tuesday, the outbreak of the pneumonia-like coronavirus had killed six people in China, with more than 300 people infected in...

China's authorities have confirmed around 300 cases of the deadly Wuhan coronavirus, which has spread to other parts of China and other...

Precautions include wearing masks and the conducting of screenings on passengers flying out of infected areas at...

As well as in mainland China, cases of the coronavirus has been reported in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and...