Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks.
The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to rescind a quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging and other development on national forest lands, drawing the ire of environmentalists nationwide.
The evaporative cooler was an essential invention perfected in the U.S. before central air conditioning became mainstream.
Hundreds of commercial flights will be told to change their paths over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean during the next two winters to show how minor altitude adjustments can reduce aviation’s climate impact.
Residents of the Swiss village of Kandersteg face a looming threat from an unstable mountain rock formation called Spitze Stei.
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva says oil drilling in northern coastal regions could be a "passport to the country’s future."
A deadly stretch of unsettled weather is continuing with thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding an ongoing threat from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic.
The water level at Lake Powell has fallen to a record low in another sign of crisis along the Colorado River.
Indiana public safety officials say at least six people have died during days of storms and historic flooding in the state.
Firefighters are battling wildfires in Belgium and Greece, with a massive blaze scorching a nature reserve in eastern Belgium.
Indiana authorities say at least five people have died in storms across the state this week, as first responders worked to rescue more people Saturday from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Indianapolis.
Hurricane Lala has skirted Hawaii’s Big Island without making landfall and is expected to weaken after lashing the region with strong winds and drenching rain.
Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches Hawaii's Big Island.
Peruvian authorities have intensified efforts against illegal gold mining in the Amazon's Madre de Dios region.
A late summer heat wave has gripped much of the United States in a sweaty headlock and won’t let go anytime soon.
Officials say an under-construction tunnel has collapsed at a hydropower project in India’s northern hill state of Uttarakhand, leaving at least seven workers dead.
Rome’s ancient Nero’s Bridge has reemerged from the Tiber River as exceptionally low water levels expose parts of the historic structure near St. Peter’s Basilica.
President Donald Trump's handling of repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has put the National Park Service in a difficult spot.
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Lala has formed in the Pacific Ocean and a hurricane warning has been issued for the Big Island of Hawaii.
Alpine resorts may have a new way to put their snowmaking equipment to work as Europe bakes through hot summers: helping douse forest fires.
Firefighters are tackling multiple fires in central England on a day that the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe.
Brazil’s Supreme Court has upheld state laws denying tax incentives to farmers who adhered to the country's soy moratorium.
Severe storms have wreaked havoc across the Midwest, causing tornadoes, heavy rains, and flash flooding.
Millions of people crowded cloudless cities and towns in Spain in search of the best views of a total solar eclipse, when the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth briefly plunged parts of the planet into darkness.
Switching to renewable energy can help smaller steel companies reduce electricity costs and cut millions of tons of carbon emissions.
One Somali family's long trek to escape drought conditions is an example of a deepening humanitarian emergency in Somalia, where years of drought, conflict and economic pressures are pushing more families from rural communities into displacement camps as hunger rises and humanitarian funding shrinks.
Severe weather has cut power to over half a million people in the Chicago area, Indiana and Ohio.
Brazil's Supreme Court is set to decide cases that could reshape protections for the Amazon rainforest and Indigenous communities.
The Vietnamese aerospace company VinSpace has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch its first satellites in 2027, marking a big step in Vietnam’s efforts to develop its space industry.
Jackie, the bald eagle who became an internet sensation and a symbol of the species’ recovery in California, has died after being treated for an illness at a veterinary facility.
At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won’t leave microplastics in the environment.
Tropical Storm Dolphin has dumped heavy rain in eastern China, causing flooding after making landfall as a typhoon.
Indonesia has intensified efforts to combat wildfires that have burned more than 107,000 264,000 acres across the country during an unusually dry season.
The U.K. and France are bracing for the fifth heat wave of the season, adding to an intense stretch of hot weather that has repeatedly sent temperatures soaring across Europe since May.
Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria.
Indonesia is battling a growing wildfire threat during an unusually dry season, with authorities warning that drought, strong winds and the El Niño weather pattern have increased fire risks across the country.
Farmers in Kenya's Kimana area that neighbors Amboseli National Park are disputing claims that 16 elephants died of cyanide poisoning saying the toxin is not present in the pesticides they use.
Police say a man charged with starting one of the wildfires in Spokane, Washington, that have destroyed hundreds of buildings planned the crime for weeks and researched when the weather would be best for igniting it.
Authorities say a dead body has been found inside a central California home burned by a wildfire that investigators believe was accidentally started by sparks from a chain saw.
An offshore wind company says it's reached a $1.2 billion settlement with the Trump administration to walk away from projects under development off New York, California and Louisiana.
Pakistani military helicopters have airlifted the bodies of five climbers from the snow-covered slopes of Broad Peak.
A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans are increasingly noticing the impact of extreme heat on their lives, and they say much of that shift is happening in the West and Midwest.
A new study calculates that human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires.
Crews have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state’s second-largest city, but hotter, drier and windier days lie ahead.
A federal appeals court has signaled that it might not allow a lawsuit brought by New England fishing businesses and industry groups against a California aquarium to proceed because of the case’s potential impact on free speech.
Temperatures in Central Europe have soared to extreme levels again, with Slovakia and Austria both having their hottest day on record.
Activists on Vancouver Island are once again trying to stop the logging of old growth forests, some of the rarest and most carbon rich ecosystems on Earth.
Lawyers for a former Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool say that the Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case was flawed.
A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration improperly ended a multi-billion-dollar program for clean energy projects.
With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.
In a story published Aug. 5, 2026, about dropping water levels in the Danube river, The Associated Press erroneously identified the ships being exposed because of low water levels as battleships, which are a specific type of very large vessel.
Firefighters are racing to exploit a break in high winds, working to strengthen containment lines on fires west of the Greek capital.
Foundations funded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched a $200 million initiative to revive 100 of Earth's most threatened species.
Teams in Pakistan are searching on foot for the remains of 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on the world’s 12th-highest mountain.
Court documents show that a 37-year-old Spokane man charged with intentionally setting a wildfire that’s destroyed hundreds of buildings in and around Washington state’s second-largest city was questioned by law enforcement about two different blazes last year, though he wasn’t charged in either.
Customs and Border Protection has ordered construction crews building Trump’s second border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping the groundwater needed to mix cement could threaten their livestock.
Authorities say they’ve arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of starting one of the devastating wildfires burning around Spokane, Washington.
Governments in Central and Eastern Europe are working to conserve electricity as low water levels on the Danube River threaten power plants.
Greece’s fire department says the collision of two firefighting helicopters battling a major wildfire burning out of control west of Athens left two crew members dead, while another two were recovered alive.
The Netherlands and Germany are suffering the consequences of a European heat wave that has brought dought and sparked devastating wildfires in France, Spain, Portugal, Crete and elsewhere.
Dangerous heat has hit parts of the Western U.S. this weekend, prompting warnings for people to stay inside and heightening wildfire risks in many areas.
The United Nations warns that a strengthening El Nino is intensifying global weather extremes and is adding fuel to a planet that it says is already on fire.
Arizona, California and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal to stave off a crisis in the river.
Two new studies reveal climate change's fingerprints over extreme fire weather-triggering infernos in Spain and France.
Major oil companies reported massive profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments.
The U.S. Department of Energy is harnessing the artificial intelligence boom in its bid to convert another Cold War-era uranium enrichment site.
France has allowed 84,000 evacuees to return home after a massive wildfire, signaling progress in battling the flames.
The father of a 10-year-old rescued from pounding surf off the California coast in a dramatic scene captured on video says he is beyond grateful to the teenage lifeguard who saved his son.
As wildfires and successive heatwaves in France and Spain highlight climate change's impact, a severe drought is causing record low water levels on the Danube River, affecting tourism and industry.
Fifteen elephants in southern Kenya are suspected to have been poisoned by cyanide-contaminated tomatoes, according to wildlife authorities.