PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Scientists say they've discovered 60 species new to science, including a chocolate-colored frog and a tiny beetle just a tenth of an inch long, in Suriname.
LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The health of the world's oceans is deteriorating faster than previously thought, a report by a non-profit ocean monitoring group in London says.
HOUGHTON, Mich., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Making a plastic household item on a home 3D printer is greener than making them en masse in a factory and shipping them to a warehouse, a U.S. study found.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A genetic study of a species of whales sometimes targeted by Japan's scientific whaling program could aid management strategies for the animals, scientists say.
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As Tropical Storm Karen formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane and storm watches for the U.S. coastline.
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ZSL London Zoo captured their Sumatran tiger Melati giving birth to the zoo's first cub in 17 years.
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia and West Kutai found the first ever evidence of a two-horn Sumatran rhino in Kalimantan.
SOLANO BEACH, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Harold Agnew, a key figure of the nuclear age who helped design the atomic bomb as a member of the Manhattan Project, has died, his family said. He was 92.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The largest ice mass in Yosemite, a glacier that is the California park's key source of water, is melting fast and could be gone in 20 years, scientists say.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- One-fifth of the U.S. population lives near a high-volume road where vehicle exhaust has typically elevated pollution levels, a study found.
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Elevated levels of radioactivity, salts and metals were found in treated water from oil and gas operations discharged into a Pennsylvania creek, scientists say.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Flowering plants evolved 100 million years earlier on Earth than previously thought, say Swiss scientists studying perfectly preserved ancient pollen grains.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The director of the U.S. National Security Agency has admitted the agency tracked the location of Americans' cellphone calls as part of a pilot program.
GREENBELT, Md., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Some of Mars' deep craters were actually ancient supervolcanoes that may have changed the planet's climate, U.S. and British researchers suggest.
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Facebook and Cisco have teamed up to give more people access to free WiFi.
