6+ hour, 58+ min ago   (766+ words) Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice core he hopes will help experts protect the world's disappearing glaciers. The fist-sized sample drilled from a mountaintop is part of…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (122+ words) The Meteorological Agency on Sunday raised the volcanic alert for Shinmoedake in the Kyushu region to Level 3 from Level 2. The agency warned that large volcanic rocks could reach areas within 4 kilometers of the crater of the volcano, which is located…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (126+ words) Armed with a slingshot, Taiwanese bounty hunter Wu Cheng-hua bends sideways and aims his lethal weapon up at a green iguana, one of tens of thousands in the crosshairs of a government cull. Taiwan bounty hunters kill invading iguanas as…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (651+ words) The world's biggest iceberg " more than twice the size of London " could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals. The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica…...