Global British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto on Monday said it will give up 19 per cent stake in the highly controversial Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska. It would donate them instead to two state charities.
Dogs' feelings of guilt and shame have been debated over for a long time. Now we're close to knowing the truth.
On Monday, RYOT reported another reptile war between a hungry alligator and an electric eel. The battle wasn't lopsided in favour of the gator which is bigger in size than the fish.
Because of the painful bee sting on his nose, Michael Smith, a graduate student of Cornell University, was almost unwilling to have a third sting on his proboscis unlike 24 other body parts where he was bitten 5 times each as part of a science experiment.
This early, Filipinos have been told to prepare for another typhoon whose strength could be as strong as Haiyan (Yolanda) which hit the Philippines in November 2013. The strongest typhoon on record, Haiyan killed about 6,000 people and destroyed a lot of homes and infrastructure in the Visayas region, and until now, families are still rebuilding their lives and homes.
Experiencing at least 50 aftershocks per hour since Tuesday's big earthquake rumbler, Chileans from the port city of Iquique have started to flock uphill.
The Malaysia Airlines MH370, now a month still missing into oblivion somewhere, will be the focus of a global ministers meeting in Hawaii. The assembly was primarily called to bolster cooperation for humanitarian assistance efforts.
Authorities have raised a tsunami alert for Hawaii and told residents to brace for a possible onslaught. The warning came off following the magnitude 8.2 earthquake that struck off Chile on Tuesday night. At least five have died.
The research industry fears precedence will happen as conspiracy related climate change report was retracted due to minimal legal complaints
In a recent NASA report handed out on March 31, the Midwest region of U.S. was shown to have gained the biggest percentage in terms of photosynthetic activity during the Northern Hemisphere's growing season.
A United Nations report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC has released the Fifth Assessment Report. The report highlights the effects and potential dangers of climate change and the options available to governments to combat the problems.
Japan has reopened the Miyakoji area of Tamura and has called on its former 357 residents to come back to the place which three years ago underwent evacuation because of the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown.
Tokyo Electric Power Co's dumping of groundwater from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, already approved by local fishermen on Tuesday, will begin in May, Japan's industry minister said on Sunday.
As the world's temperatures continue to warm up, so does the tempers globally. Hot tempers may exacerbate global security issues as people fight over resources, particularly water and energy, which could lead to civil wars and strife between nations and refugees, a report by a recent United Nations climate panel due for release said.
The crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Japan has claimed its first death. But it wasn't due to radiation-related reasons. A worker involved in the plant's excavation work died after getting buried in a mudslide on Friday.
The East Coast in Canada has been paralyzed by an enormous spring blizzard. Strong winds along with heavy snow disrupted normal life. Also, there were warnings of continuing storm.
A worker who used to work for the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant will be releasing a manga comic book that depicts the lives of workers inside the radiation-laden facility.
The Brisbane City Council issued on Thursday morning a heavy rain alert which could result in flash flood hitting the city. A trough is forecast to drift south and dump 50 to 150 millimetres of rain from Thursday afternoon through early Friday morning.
No reverse in the Earth's global warming conditions is expected as this scenario will continue for centuries, according to the UN World Meteorological Organisation.
Robin Beaman, an Australian marine geologist said that it is bad timing for Australia to lead the search for MH370
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that Australia will search MH370 until there is no more hope
A dramatic video captured by a fisherman in Canada shows a pod of killer whales hunting sea lions. The YouTube video has gone viral as the footage recorded seems to be quite a rare one.
The flash flood that hit Sydney on Monday afternoon has killed a man while two others were rushed to the hospital after being struck by lightning.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt violates Australia’s World Heritage Obligations court hears
In a poignant display of love between a zoo keeper and animals, a photo of a giraffe kissing the terminally ill zoo employee has gone viral.
Victoria will start this month, March, a two-year trial of commercial processing of kangaroo for its meat, the state government announced on Wednesday. The push for kangaroo meat sparked outrage from the animal welfare lobby and the Greens.
New interesting dinosaur discovery is making its way through headlines. Scientists discovered a new dinosaur with the scientific name "Anzu Wyliei," nicknamed "Chicken from Hell" because of its bird-like appearance, which had lived in western North America during the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago.
A defect in the water filtering system at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant had forced operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) to suspend yet again its decontamination process at the facility.
John Wolfson, the 27-year-old surfer and bodyboarder who collided against a dolphin on Monday, his birthday, is not blaming the mammal for the water sports accident.
A 27-year-old Australian surfer hit a dolphin while riding a wave at Bawley Point on the south coast of New South Wales. The accident site is about 250 kilometres south of Sydney.
