An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale shook Indonesia's West Java province on Friday night, the Indonesian Meteorological Agency said. No casualty or damage has, however, been reported.
Recently, the photo of a huge flesh-eating Australian tarantula has been making news; let's found out some weird and creepy facts about the gigantic spider.
The UN has warned about the health and environmental dangers from the processing of e-waste -- the discarded electronic and electrical material -- by the informal sector in India without proper safeguards.
Depression Urduja is set to turn into a tropical storm before it hits the Philippines province Eastern Samar on December 15, leading to tropical cyclone warning signal being issued over several areas.
As London is seeing snowfall weeks before Christmas, the Met Office reveals the chances of a white Christmas in several cities.
NOAA has stated that the North Atlantic right whales will be extinct in one year due to human activities if immediate conservation measures are not taken.
A strange phenomenon has been observed in South Africa where corpses of great white sharks have been periodically appearing washed up on beaches with a hole behind their pectoral fins.
Deep forests surrounding the city complemented by emission control measures provide the complete answer to Delhi's air pollution.
It was a cold morning here on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 7.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average.
The largest Thomas fire is now advancing towards Santa Barbara, with people rushing to evacuate and save their lives, if not property.
The US National Weather Service has stated that a consistent and strong Santa Ana wind, with speed up to 80 mph, will lead to extreme fire weather conditions through Friday in Southern California, leading to a Red Flag warning across the area.
The anti-poaching campaign to protect Sumatra tigers have increased the number of tigers. But the Tigers are still at risk due to the extensive deforestation in the Island for oil palm plantations. The biodiversity of the Island is disrupted by the extensive deforestation which is fast depleting its forest cover.
The authorities have closed schools in the region till Wednesday, ahead of Ockhi's landfall.
A recent study in the US says that subways, one of the cheapest and most availed forms of public transport, expose commuters to more pollution than a car.
Global Warming, leading to the constant rise in the sea-level might lead to the submergence of major cities in the United States including Virginia and Kennedy Space Center.