Arctic sea ice reached nearly 14.22 million square kilometres, placing the winter maximum among the smallest in four decades of satellite monitoring and underscoring the region's rapid warming.
Conservationists have released 158 captive-bred juvenile tortoises on Floreana, marking a major step in restoring a species driven extinct on the island in the 1840s.
Guinea-Bissau suspended a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns pending an ethics review after questions about whether the trial was appropriate.
Reports on a JAMA-published American Cancer Society study said colorectal cancer had moved from fifth to first among cancer causes of death for people under 50 in the United States.
The Met Office says 2025 topped the old national temperature record and adds to a run of recent years that rank among the warmest in modern measurements.
NOAA says the Arctic recorded its hottest year since measurements began, with temperatures from October 2024 to September 2025 averaging 1.60 C above the 1991-2020 baseline.
The Catalan government moved to speed up contracts, cull controls and aid after an African swine fever outbreak spread through wild boar near the 12-kilometre containment zone.
The UN climate talks in Belém were halted after flames and smoke forced an evacuation, injured attendees and disrupted the closing hours of negotiations.
Ethiopia says three people have died from Marburg virus disease in the south of the country, and health authorities say they are testing suspected cases while outside experts join the containment effort.
Canada’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Universal Ostrich Farm, allowing health authorities to proceed with the cull of nearly 400 ostriches in British Columbia.