Atlantic puffins are a relative of the great auk, or geirfugl, that went extinct in Iceland more than one hundred and fifty years ago. Great auks were large, flightless seabirds who spent most of ...

Research shows 87 human casualties were recorded in the region between 2019 and 2024 during 46 lightning incidents.

Pictured below is the last remaining specimen of a British great auk, a flightless seabird driven to extinction in the nineteenth century. It is a lesson in what can happen to an ocean-dwelling ...

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The valedictorian for the American University of Kurdistan (AUK) in Duhok praised the role of the Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga forces for protecting the people’s freedom. The ...

Expect partly sunny skies. The high will be 17° on this breezy day. Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalised to the standard atmospheric pressure of 1,013.25 mb (29.9212 ...

The Little Auk is a small seabird, of similar size to a Starling. It's black above and white below, and in flight it shows dark underwings. It has a black stubby bill, and a short neck and tail. It ...

Solar max is nearly here! Here’s how and where to see the Northern Lights ...

It will not be possible to purchase alcohol in Thailand, except at international airports, for the whole of Thursday 17 ...