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Homes destroyed after volcano erupts in Spain
A volcano on Spain's Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands as lava flows destroyed isolated houses and threatened to reach the coast. New eruptions continued into the...
3 'critically endangered' B.C. killer whales are pregnant, scientists say
Scientists in B.C. and Washington state are hopeful that three pregnancies discovered in the critically endangered southern resident orcas' J pod could help save the species. But other threats...
At 50, Greenpeace is an environmental success story — with a daunting future
Fifty years ago, an ad-hoc group of environmentalists gathered in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood with a shared goal of stopping the U.S. from testing nuclear weapons off the western coast of Alaska. Today, Greenpeace is the most recognized environmental organization in the...
Salt marsh threatened by theft of beach rocks for landscaping, nature advocates warn
The Nature Trust is worried the removal of thousands of stones from the beach at Cape Enrage by people looking to landscape their properties may be endangering the important ecosystem...
Citizen astronauts aboard SpaceX capsule safely splash down off Florida
The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida's coast on Saturday, completing a three-day flight of the first all-civilian crew ever launched into Earth...