Chocolate’s future could hinge on success of growing cocoa not just in the tropics,...
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say...
NASA cuts 2 from next SpaceX flight to make room for astronauts stuck at...
NASA on Friday cut two astronauts from the next crew to make room on the return trip for the two stuck at the International...
NASA record holder can relate to astronauts stuck in space. He was, too
NASA’s record-holding astronaut is urging his two stuck-in-space colleagues to stay positive and “keep up the good work.”Frank Rubio knows firsthand about unexpectedly long...
Newborn rattlesnakes at a Colorado ‘mega den’ are making their live debut
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger now that late summer is here and...
FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing
SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing Wednesday.The Federal Aviation Administration grounded the company's Falcon 9...
Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in a bid...
U.S. wildlife officials beginning next year will drastically scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from...
How climate change could be making Midwest summer’s ‘corn sweat’ stickier
Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars begins steep climb to rim of a crater
NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Perseverance rover is tackling a steep new challenge on Mars.The six-wheeled rover has spent the last 3 1/2 years...
UN chief calls rising seas a ‘worldwide catastrophe’ that especially imperils Pacific paradises
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — Highlighting seas that are rising at an accelerating rate, especially in the far more vulnerable Pacific island nations, United Nations...
This bird species was extinct in Europe. Now it’s back, and humans must help...
PATERZELL, Germany (AP) — How do you teach a bird how, and where, to fly?The distinctive Northern Bald Ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by...