Story by Benji Jones A person’s hand holding a fish.© Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images For those of us with anxiety (hello!), the class of prescription drugs known as benzodiazepines, or benzos, can be a boon in times of crisis. Though they are addictive, they’re pretty good at chilling us out. But it turns out that by Read More…
Wildlife groups have condemned the killing of a collared lion, part of a research project in Zimbabwe, by a trophy hunter. The incident echoes the infamous case of Cecil the lion, whose death at the hands of an American tourist in the same country a decade ago sparked international outrage. The latest lion, known as Read More…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Tuesday that promises to reopen Panhandle beaches to the public, repealing a 2018 state law that allowed beachfront property owners to close off miles of local shoreline to residents. “This bill is about restoring local control, cutting red tape and putting our residents first,” the Republican governor said on Tuesday Read More…
Wash. — On the 40th night of the protest, a black Jeep drove up a logging road and stopped near the base of a towering grand fir. For more than a month, environmental activists had been living on a platform some 80-feet up the trunk of that tree in an attempt to stop logging in Read More…
A photo of two people stood next to a car that has been charged using power generated by seaweed.© Photo: CCREEE Gas produced from the seaweed can run power plants to charge electric cars. A team of researchers on the Caribbean island of Barbados have been working to create a new sustainable fuel to power cars on the Read More…
Daviell McKinley, who is living in her car, talks with her mother in a carport just yards from her mother’s apartment in Las Vegas. ((Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)) As she stuffed her clothes and papers into a suitcase and prepared to walk out the door of 5700 S. Hoover St. for the last Read More…
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