A fox basking under the sunlight, fireflies illuminating the night sky, and a landscape covered with fluttering butterflies are some of the captivating visuals documented by recipients of the California Academy of Sciences' yearly competition. This event has been ongoing for 11 years and serves to showcase the diversity of life forms while drawing attention to the various challenges that our Earth is currently enduring.
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The only train station in Houston, the US’s fourth‑largest city and one of the fastest‑growing conurbations in the country, is a diminished, morose sight. Intercity trains arrive at this squat, shed‑like Amtrak building, which cringes in the shadows of roaring highways, just three times a week.
Vienna’s Public Transit Leads Globally – Yet Cars Still Dominate
When Leonore Gewessler rides Vienna’s punctual underground trains and street‑level trams, she values the convenience, low cost and the time she “receives as a gift” rather than wasting it in traffic jams. Yet Austria’s former climate and transport minister recognises that cars still dominate the city’s
Weda Bay’s Tale: Nature Paid the Price for Mining
Weda Bay exemplifies a worldwide pattern where mining firms are moving into some of the planet’s remaining wildlands in pursuit of ores and resources that sustain the global market.
Research compiled for CuriosityNews by a team of scholars identified over 3,267 extraction sites inside key biodiversity areas (KBAs)