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Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus

Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus

LISLE, Illinois (AP) — With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed, hijacked by a super-sized fungus.
At least 1 dead in New Mexico wildfire that forced thousands to flee, governor's office says

At least 1 dead in New Mexico wildfire that forced thousands to flee, governor's office says

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Thousands of southern New Mexico residents fled a mountainous village as a wind-whipped wildfire tore through homes and other buildings, and killed at least one person. Officials warned the danger isn't over. New Mexico Gov.
Australian opposition puts nation's first nuclear power plants in its energy plan ahead of elections

Australian opposition puts nation's first nuclear power plants in its energy plan ahead of elections

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s main opposition party on Wednesday announced plans to build Australia’s first nuclear power plants as early as 2035, arguing the government’s policies for decarbonizing the economy with renewable energy sources
For the endangered Nashville crayfish, its rebound is both good and bad news

For the endangered Nashville crayfish, its rebound is both good and bad news

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dale McGinnity has been turning over rocks in Mill Creek to study the endangered Nashville crayfish for a decade.
Canal pipe breaks, threatening a northern Montana irrigation project and drinking water

Canal pipe breaks, threatening a northern Montana irrigation project and drinking water

Two century-old steel pipes that help convey water from a river on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to a river that helps irrigate northern Montana cropland have failed, causing local flooding and raising concerns about the availability of drinking w
New wildfires grow in Northern California as firefighters gain ground against big blaze in the south

New wildfires grow in Northern California as firefighters gain ground against big blaze in the south

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Big new wildfires challenged California firefighters Tuesday even as they increased containment of earlier blazes that erupted as dry north winds arrived over the weekend.
СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ's 'war in the woods' battlegrounds to be permanently protected

СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ's 'war in the woods' battlegrounds to be permanently protected

VICTORIA — Old-growth forests that were environmental and Indigenous rights battlegrounds over clearcut logging in the 1980s and 1990s during British Columbia's "war in the woods" are set to receive permanent protections in a land and forest manageme
US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes

US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S.
Record-breaking US heat wave scorches the Midwest and Northeast, bringing safety measures

Record-breaking US heat wave scorches the Midwest and Northeast, bringing safety measures

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Stifling heat blanketed tens of millions across United States on Tuesday, forcing people and even zoo animals to find ways to cool down as summer arrives in what promises to be a sweltering week.
Parliamentary budget officer says government not muzzling him over carbon price data

Parliamentary budget officer says government not muzzling him over carbon price data

OTTAWA — Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux told a House of Commons committee Monday that the federal Liberals are not muzzling him over economic data related to the impact of carbon pricing.