VENICE, Italy — Perhaps nothing better illustrates the flamingo’s status as a newcomer to the Venetian Lagoon than the fact that the local dialect has no word for them. But the pale pink birds — called “fenicotteri” in Italian — are now flocking to Venice in record numbers, as ecological efforts to restore damaged wetlands …
ANHOLT, Denmark — The carcass of a humpback whale, whose life and death captivated Germans for months as the mammal became repeatedly stranded in the Baltic Sea, was dragged Saturday onto a Danish beach after two weeks of the body languishing in shallow waters. The whale had gained the nicknames “Timmy” and “Hope” as German …
JIUQUAN, China — JIUQUAN, China (AP) — China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft Sunday night with three astronauts heading to its space station, including one set to stay in space for a year. The spacecraft blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. The much-anticipated launch comes as China prepares for its …
Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean, roughly a thousand miles off the coast of Ecuador, the seafloor has been keeping time. Every five to six years, in almost the same locations, at almost the same intensity, a magnitude 6 earthquake strikes with a regularity so precise that scientists reached for the word “clockwork” to describe …
LONDON — A sea gull left a lasting impression Wednesday on King Charles III during his visit to Northern Ireland. The bird dropped a surprise from above, hitting the king’s suit jacket and splattering others around him, including members of the press. “It’s well it didn’t land on my head,” the king quipped, according to …
ISTANBUL — Eastern Turkey was struck by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake Wednesday, emergency services said. It hit the Battalgazi district of Malatya province at 9 a.m. and the depth was 7 kilometers (4.3 miles), according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency. There were no immediate reports of damage, but TV images showed schools being …
BERLIN — A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and contentious rescue effort, after repeatedly becoming stranded off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, authorities said Saturday. The dead whale was stranded on Thursday just off the small island of …
LOLA YA BONOBO, Congo — Micheline Nzonzi cradled a small and sleepy bonobo, an orphan whose life she will try to save over the next three years or so. The 1-year-old’s chances are good, with motherly affection, milk from a bottle and frequent play with other babies. “Without me, without us, these bonobos cannot survive,” …
The humpback whale recovered from a shallow bay off Wismar is being transported towards the North Sea in a flooded cargo ship just before the Danish border in Fehmarn, Germany, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (Philip Dulian/dpa via AP) The Associated Press Source link
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The kiwi, New Zealand’s sacred national bird, vanished from the hills around Wellington more than a century ago. Now the capital’s residents are waging an improbable citizen campaign to return the endangered flightless birds to the city. “They are a part of who we are and our sense of belonging here,” …