Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon surged again over the past year, hitting a 12-year high, according to official figures released that drew a chorus of condemnation of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government.

A bridge for reptiles may sound uncanny but the Uttarakhand Forest Department has built a first-of-its-kind elevated eco-bridge across a busy highway in Ramnagar forest division so that reptiles trying to cross over are not crushed under traffic.

We’re as good as it gets: Intelligent life is extremely unlikely to exist anywhere else in the Universe because it took a series of miracles for humans to evolve, scientists said.

People with heart failure who eat a diet high in foods that cause inflammation are twice as likely to end up in the hospital or die as those who eat foods known to reduce inflammation, new research shows.

Foreign ministers of Afghanistan and Kuwait deplored the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in separate phone calls with the country’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday.

Britain and the European Union cautioned each other on Monday that time was running out for a Brexit trade deal as negotiators sparred over state aid, enforcement and fishing in a bid to avoid a tumultuous exit in just a month’s time.

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The nation’s top infectious disease expert said that the US may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus in the weeks after Thanksgiving, and he does not expect current recommendations around social distancing to be relaxed before Christmas.

Shamkhani: Israel assassinated Fakhrizadeh remotely

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