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Scientists in Barbados overturn hundreds of rocks to rediscover world's smallest-known snake

Scientists in Barbados overturn hundreds of rocks to rediscover world's smallest-known snake

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world’s smallest-known snake.
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Science and local sleuthing identify a 250-year-old shipwreck on a Scottish island

Science and local sleuthing identify a 250-year-old shipwreck on a Scottish island

LONDON (AP) — When a schoolboy going for a run found the ribs of a wooden ship poking through the dunes of a remote Scottish beach, it sparked a hunt by archaeologists, scientists and local historians to uncover its story.
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Heavy storms in northern Vietnam leave 1 dead, as Wipha weakens into a tropical depression

Heavy storms in northern Vietnam leave 1 dead, as Wipha weakens into a tropical depression

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy storms in northern Vietnam left one person dead and another missing, police said Wednesday, as Wipha weakened from a tropical storm into a depression.
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Indonesian police arrest 44 people suspected of starting forest fires

Indonesian police arrest 44 people suspected of starting forest fires

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities arrested 44 people suspected of starting some of the forest and peatland fires that are spreading health-damaging haze in the region, officials said Wednesday.
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'We have to improve or we'll die': B.C. ranchers seek water solutions in long drought

'We have to improve or we'll die': B.C. ranchers seek water solutions in long drought

Rancher John Parkes wants more water storage in B.C.'s Interior, which is suffering the impacts of a multi-year drought.
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Raccoon whose sidewalk death went viral in 2015 immortalized in Toronto's history

Raccoon whose sidewalk death went viral in 2015 immortalized in Toronto's history

TORONTO — Ten years ago, a dead raccoon on a downtown Toronto street sparked an impromptu sidewalk shrine as passersby laid flowers, candles and cigarettes around the critter.
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Flash floods kill 3 tourists and leave 15 missing in northern Pakistan

Flash floods kill 3 tourists and leave 15 missing in northern Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept away several vehicles carrying tourists in northern Pakistan, killing at least three people and leaving 15 others missing, officials said on Tuesday.
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Report on Alberta city council finds dysfunction, rancour, culture of fear

Report on Alberta city council finds dysfunction, rancour, culture of fear

EDMONTON — A new report commissioned by the Alberta government says the City of Medicine Hat has been hobbled for years by a hostile dysfunctional city hall and something must be done.
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A look at megafires as an Oregon wildfire approaches the 100,000-acre mark

A look at megafires as an Oregon wildfire approaches the 100,000-acre mark

A wildfire burning in a sparsely populated region of central Oregon has become the largest fire this year and is on the verge of surpassing 100,000 acres to become what's officially known as a megafire.
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'Unbelievably frightening': Grizzly lunges at hikers in southern Alberta

'Unbelievably frightening': Grizzly lunges at hikers in southern Alberta

KANANASKIS — Coming face to face with a grizzly bear was the last thing a Calgary couple had in mind as they hiked along a popular mountain trail in southern Alberta.
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