Shrimp, in addition to being a tasty addition to many cuisines around the world, is sometimes used as an insult to call a person small or short. But did you know there are over 2,000 species of shrimp ...

A study finds 24% of freshwater species, including crabs, dragonflies and fishes, face extinction due to habitat loss, ...

The death toll is rising from devastating wildfires in Southern California that have destroyed more than 10,000 homes and forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of residents. The most ...

It's about restoring community, because without community, people are lost," Soboroff said. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order prohibiting landlords from evicting tenants for ...

The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in California – already ranking as some of the most destructive in the state’s history. As temperatures rise due to human-caused climate ...

Fires have been ripping through the forests and scrublands of California for millennia. Indeed, with its combination of long dry seasons and intense Santa Ana winds, the state is uniquely prone to ...

Newsweek has contacted the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom for comment and updates on help that has been sent to the state. Four fires continue to burn in Southern California ...

Outsiders cautioned against assistance scam Cal Fire officials caution against people traveling to southern California to assist in cleanup activities. A social media post circulating on Facebook ...

By Coral Davenport Reporting from Washington California has withdrawn requests that the Biden administration allow the state to enact limits on pollution from trucks, locomotives and ferries that ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has launched California Fire Facts, a new webpage to combat misinformation and debunk rumours about the Los Angeles fires. Unfortunately, it doesn't offer quite as ...

If you pause from the horror of the California fire disaster consuming so many acres, buildings, and lives right now and think of the political fallout, the first likely victim is Los Angeles ...

As wildfires continue to ravage California, social media is flooded with misinformation about their origins and impacts. DW investigates the most viral claims. https ...