Month: May 2023

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The global loss of wildlife is “significantly more alarming” than previously thought, according to a new study that found almost half the planet’s species are experiencing rapid population declines. Humans have already wiped out huge numbers of species and pushed many more to the brink – with some scientists

By Inke Kappeler, Amy Croffey, Sharon Braithwaite, and Marcelo Medeiros, CNN (CNN) — Police investigating the disappearance of Briton Madeleine McCann, who vanished as a toddler, will carry out a new search in Portugal based on a recent tip, German authorities told CNN on Monday. The new search will take place near the Arade reservoir

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Fossils of an unusual saber-toothed predator that lived during the worst mass extinction event on Earth are revealing how unstable things were for animals during “the Great Dying.” A series of supervolcanoes in Eurasia erupted 250 million years ago at the end of the Permian era, expelling greenhouse gases

By Sugam Pokharel, Karol Suarez, Fidel Gutierrez and Tara John, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — Millions of people in Mexico have been warned to prepare for a possible evacuation after increased activity from the country’s most dangerous active volcano, which has been spewing ash into several nearby towns since last week, according to authorities. Ash