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Beaches in Wells, Maine, have been closed to swimming after a great white shark was spotted nearby. The closure follows a series of alarming shark encounters over just two days.
A developing weather system named PTC One-C is moving toward Hawaii, and forecasters warn it could bring life-threatening flooding this weekend.
Northern California is expecting a cooling trend in the coming days, bringing relief from recent warm temperatures. However, the weather is creating serious fire risk in another part of the region.
A high school football player in Arkansas got a frightening surprise during practice.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking two areas of disturbed weather in the eastern Atlantic Ocean this week.
The UK and Europe are getting ready to see a big solar eclipse later today. This will be the best eclipse seen in the UK since 1999. A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. The Moon bl
A lifeguard in Maine has described being pulled underwater by a shark, in an incident he called "too close for comfort." He said a great white shark dragged him about five feet below the surface.
Amber heat health alerts have come into force across England this morning, as the country prepares for its fifth heatwave of the summer.
Australian Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has told the government to move quickly on gambling reform.
Antarctica is the coldest and most isolated place on Earth. In the middle of winter, the sun never rises, and temperatures fall far below zero. For this reason, almost no planes fly there between March and September.
A manatee is recovering at SeaWorld Orlando after a rescue in Florida, USA. The animal was stuck in a storm drain. He was looking for warmer water when he got trapped.
A powerful winter storm is moving across the United States. It is affecting more than 140 million people from New Mexico to New England.
Plastic fish-shaped containers for soy sauce may soon disappear.
A zoo in northern Denmark is asking people to give them their unwanted pets.
A very powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 happened in the ocean near the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on Wednesday.
Drone pictures show damage in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. These pictures are from an environmental group called Global Witness. They show that nickel mining destroyed forests, and polluted water.
More than 200 prisoners escaped from a large jail in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday. This happened after an earthquake shook the area.
Two orcas were recently filmed in a marine park in France. The park, Marineland Antibes, closed on January 5. The park closed because France banned dolphin and whale shows in 2021.
The Argentine military shared a video from February of a large group of fishing boats near Argentina’s sea border.
A firefighting airplane was damaged when it was hit by a drone near Los Angeles. The plane is a special type called a “Super Scooper”. These planes scoop up water from the ocean to drop on fires.
