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U.S. hits Iranian proxies in Iraq, Syria in retaliation for deadly strikes

The strikes are more extensive and deadly than those launched since last October, when the Israeli-Gaza war began and pro-Iranian groups started an uptick of attacks.

'Struggle, struggle, struggle.' What new and expecting mothers are facing in Gaza

Women who are pregnant or who have recently given birth in Gaza face serious challenges amid daily airstrikes, continued ground fighting, high rates of disease and a growing lack of food and water.

A recent survey of frogs and toads identified by their grunts, ribbits, and trills discovered the pig frog is the only one of nine species still missing after Hurricane Ian lashed the island in September 2022

Water Quality Report: Pig frogs still AWOL from Sanibel Island

Nobody has heard the pig frog grunt on Sanibel Island since Hurricane Ian.

That could leave a mark. An area of thunderstorms top forecasters believe will organize, strengthen possibly enough to achieve "major" hurricane status of Category 3 or higher with sustained winds of 111 mph or more, then lay waste to the coast somewhere along Florida

Water Quality Report: Hurricane, red tides on horizon; both present water quality issues

Leading forecasters agree a big hurricane will form from a bank of thunderstorms in the Caribbean Sea this week. People are encouraged to pay attention and get your hurricane supplies ready

An endangered river dolphin finds an unlikely savior: fisherfolk

In Pakistan, illiterate fishermen have become citizen scientists, helping to revive the fortunes of the endangered Indus River dolphin.

Tibetan prayer flags hang from a bridge crossing the Mekong River at sunrise. The river is known in Tibetan as the Dzachu, or "river of rocks," and in Chinese as the Lancang Jiang, or "turbulent river."

At Mekong's Source In China, Past And Present Collide

The Mekong River, one of the world's longest waterways, has a long and turbulent history. It begins its 3,000-mile journey high on the Tibetan plateau of China's Qinghai province, where its once-nomadic residents try to preserve their culture and traditions against the challenges of modernity.

Aboard Jordan's aid airdrop over Gaza, a last resort for relief to Palestinians there

NPR flew along as the Jordanian air force dropped pallets of boxes of much-needed aid attached to parachutes into the Gaza Strip.

Winner, The Bigger Picture, Wetlands: The Swarm of Life by Shane Gross, Canada. Western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) tadpoles swim among lily pads in a lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Lynx, tiger and tadpoles, oh my: See the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners

A lynx stretching in the sun, tadpoles swimming beneath lily pads and an investigator dusting a tusk for prints are among the winning images from the newest Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.

Hendra virus rarely spills from animals to us. Climate change makes it a bigger threat

It's not often that this pathogen jumps from bats to horses, then humans. When it does, the result is brutal. New research points to a surprising way to stop spillovers.

TikTok says it’s restoring service to US users based on Trump’s promised executive order

TikTok said Sunday it was restoring service to users in the United States after the popular video-sharing platform went dark in response to a federal ban that President-elect Donald Trump said he would try to pause by executive order on his first day in office.Trump said he planned to issue the order to give TikTok’s China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent U.S.ban. He announced the move on his Truth Social account as millions of U.S. TikTok users awoke to discover they could no longer access the TikTok app or platform.

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