The court in Trento, Italy, has acquitted the president of the Autonomous Province, Maurizio Fugatti, of charges of killing an animal with cruelty or without necessity. At the center of the trial was the case involving the bear M90, which was shot in February 2024 after being labeled problematic.
Cuba has been plunged into darkness. A total blackout has affected the entire Caribbean island, leaving millions without electricity. This was announced by the state-owned Unión Nacional Eléctrica de Cuba, which speaks of a "complete disconnection of the national electricity system". The interruption occurred simultaneously across the country, as if someone had literally flipped a switch. The notification came through via the Havana Electricity Company's Telegram channel: recovery protocols have been initiated, but the causes of the grid collapse are still unclear.
PFAS in water has been increasingly discussed for several years, and not only in technical or scientific circles. The subject pops up in local news, in daily concerns, in political choices. And each time the same problem recurs: these substances persist, accumulate, move. Disappearing is an entirely different story.
The discovery fascinates archaeologists, but also raises troubling questions about the acceleration of climate change.
A wooden frame filled with flammable materials is attached to the bull's horns, while the crowd watches and cheers. This is Toro Jubilo, one of Spain's most controversial traditions.
What happens when energy transition collides with the millennial history of an area? In Germany, during the construction of a wind farm, a secret medieval tunnel was discovered hidden under a more than 6,000-year-old Neolithic monument.
On a beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, tourists came across two marine creatures that were as fascinating as they were enigmatic: huge oarfish, also known as 'apocalypse fish'.
There's an island in the middle of the Pacific that almost nobody has ever heard of. It's called Minamitorishima, a triangle of rock and coral the size of a suburban neighborhood.
For several days now, tension has been mounting in the Mediterranean, where the threat of an environmental catastrophe looms.
A Greenland shark has been filmed for the first time at near-freezing depths off the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean.