ENVIRONMENT

With its rainfall of 266 millimetres over less than 24 hours, Typhoon Fung-Wong (Mario) is now being compared more to the destructive Ketsana (Ondoy) that inundated Metro Manila for one week in September 2009 than the Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which brought very powerful winds that devastated the Visayas islands.

It was found that an asteroid that resulted in wiping out many species played a huge role in the switch from evergreens to the fast-growing seasonal plants.

The memory of super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) which battered the Philippines in November 2013 and killed more than 6,000 people hounded the Southeast Asian country anew on Friday as heavy rains caused flooding in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised to critical the alert level at Mayon Volcano which started to billow smoke and spew lava and hot bouders. The volcano is actually erupting already but not at an explosive level, said seismologists.

California park rangers are accusing members of the Lupin Lodge, a nudist colony, of stealing water from a nearby waterfall at Hendrys Creek Property so they could skinny dip even during a drought across the state. The 110-acre naturist resort outside San Francisco is near a reservoir that is almost empty.

A human jawbone that matches a skull that was found at Mona Vale beach was discovered at the same beach six years later.

Skeletons holding hands have been dug out in Leicestershire.

The surgery to remove the tumour from the brain of George, the goldfish, took 45 minutes with a cost of $200.

Sightseers and volcanologists have been treated to a sight of the brightly coloured lava flowing due to the eruption of Bardarbunga volcano.

The most active volcano in Philippines, Mayon, has been given the 'red' alert as authorities have predicted a dangerous eruption.

The American Meteor Society has said that the fireball is unrelated to the solar flare.

There is a new type of apple and it's found in Australia.

Volcanic eruption in Iceland caused discomfort to the people living around because of dangerous gases.

Eggs from the Brazilian wandering spiders were found in a bunch of bananas by a woman in Essex.

An ancient flying reptile was investigated by scientists who claim that it is similar to the aerial predators known as 'ikran' in the movie 'Avatar'.

Electronic cigarette or e-cigarette refills contain concentrated nicotine and swallowing a few drops can be very dangerous to toddlers, say experts.

Created by Michael Tolley and his team at Harvard University, the soft robot has no skeleton and withstands fire, snow, acid.

The ozone layer, which protects the Earth from various harmful cosmic rays, has started its recovering process, the United Nations reported.

CISRO's 94-metre science ship, RV Investigator, aims to put Australia into the marine science big league.

Passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 refuse to believe that their loved ones are dead. Girlfriend of Philip Wood believes authorities are interfering with the findings.

Two fissures gushing out lava was seen in Iceland on Sep. 4 which hould be seen even from space.

A Pakistani sailor had jumped into crocodile-infested waters during war games off the Northern Territory. He managed to avoid the crocodiles and swam away.

Men in Australia are more likely to be attacked by sharks than women, maybe because of staying long in the water.

A Pakistani sailor appears to have jumped into the crocodile infested waters during his participation in the war games off the Northern Territory coast.

Warnings are being given by the wildlife campaigners that cousins of the kangaroo, bettongs and rock-wallabies, are on the verge of extinction.

Scientists have conducted researches and investigations on the "sailing stones" in Death Valley since 1940s -- and found that an underlying pond may be the reason.

A fisherman who went fishing last week, in Fort Pierce, Florida, found what he calls an oversized "alien creature".

An asteroid will pass closest to New Zealand on Sept. 8. The fast-moving object is said to be about the size a of a whale.

A new species of gigantic dinosaur has been unearthed in a desert in Argentine. The dinosaur weighed more than 59 tonnes and measured 26 metres from head to tail.