From BBC A sewage-based coronavirus test could be an “easy win” that would pick up infection spikes up to 10 days earlier than with existing medical-based tests. Scientists led by UK’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology are working on a…

From BBC The launch of Nasa’s Mars rover Perseverance has been pushed back again to 30 July at the earliest. In an update, the US space agency said a technical issue needed to be investigated, prompting the delay. The robot…

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Four kilometers (2.5 miles) from downtown Antananarivo, Tsarasaotra Park has long been an oasis of calm in Madagascar’s capital city. It is the first private site to be designated as a wetland of international importance by the…

From BBC Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose by almost 20% in June – a 13-year high for the month, according to government data. With such an increase at the start of the dry season, there are concerns that this…

From BBC A Briton will run Eumetsat, the intergovernmental organisation that operates the spacecraft used by Europe’s weather forecasters. Phil Evans, currently with the Institute of Physics, takes over the role of director general from Alain Ratier, who’s held the…

From NPR Environmental dangers, including wildfires and groundwater poisoning, ended the Rushmore pyrotechnics a decade ago. Now they’re back, defying a pandemic and protests. (Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) Read the full article from NPR

From BBC Mystery surrounds the “completely unprecedented” deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months. Dr Niall McCann said colleagues in the southern African country had spotted more than 350 elephant carcasses in the Okavango Delta…

North America and the U.S. in particular is the world’s hotspot of salamander diversity, hosting about a third of all species, so researchers are concerned about the potential landfall of the salamander killing fungus called Bsal. Host Mike DiGirolamo interviews…