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Joel Petersen carries a net of whitefish aboard a boat near Leland, Mich., 2025. (Josh Boland/Bridge Michigan via AP)

With no time to spare, Michigan hatches a Great Lakes whitefish rescue plan

1:59 PM on Tuesday, September 8

Michigan officials have a plan that aims to save the Great Lakes' whitefish from invasive mussels

A two-month-old Sumatran tiger cub is weighed before its first vaccination and microchipping at Attica Zoological Park near Athens, Greece, on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, part of an effort to build a backup population of the critically endangered species. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

World's most endangered tigers born in Greece as zoos build a safety net

5:57 AM on Tuesday, September 8

Three Sumatran tiger cubs born at a zoo near Athens are offering hope for one of the world’s most endangered big cats

People wait as flights are disrupted due to the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau, at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Flights to and from Indonesia’s capital resume after volcanic eruption forced a 2-day closure

9:34 PM on Monday, September 7

Flights to and from Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta have resumed after ash from a volcanic eruption forced a two-day closure that halted nearly 3,000 flights

In this drone photo released by the Geological Agency (Badan Geologi) of Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Mount Anak Krakatau spews volcanic smoke in Sunda Strait, Indonesia, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (Badan Geologi via AP)

Indonesia keeps several airports closed though volcanic eruption is easing

2:10 AM on Monday, September 7

Indonesia is maintaining closures at several airports and shifting schools to remote learning though the eruption of Anak Krakatau is easing

In this handout photo released by Humane World for Animals, a chimpanzee formerly used in research receives a comprehensive health check at a retirement sanctuary for chimpanzees, in Bapakwali, Liberia, on Aug. 25, 2026. (Humane World for Animals via AP)

Chimpanzees once used for vaccine research get health checks as part of long-term care

5:48 AM on Saturday, September 5

Chimpanzees once used in hepatitis B vaccine experiments are getting health checks at their new home in Liberia

This photo provided by Katalyst Space shows a solar panel on Katalyst Space Technologies’ Link robotic servicing spacecraft in orbit on Aug. 24, 2026. (Katalyst Space via AP)

Rescue satellite gets close to NASA's doomed telescope, even if it can't save it

10:08 AM on Friday, September 4

A private spacecraft that was supposed to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has managed to come within nine miles of the doomed spacecraft and even snap pictures

This photo provided by the Shedd Aquarium shows a beluga whale named Rain swimming on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at the aquarium in Chicago. (Heidi Zeiger/Shedd Aquarium via AP)

2 more beluga whales die at Chicago aquarium, including 1 recently rescued from Canada

3:29 PM on Thursday, September 3

Two more beluga whales have died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, including one that was moved in mid-August as part of an international effort to rescue Canada's last captive whales

USDA Deregulates Darling 54 After Six-Year Federal Review

1:45 PM on Thursday, September 3

Soil Science Prize Winners Pia Viviani, right, and Atlant Bieri, left, on the stage during the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony held in the Zurich Convention Center in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (Claudio Thoma/Keystone via AP)

Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science

1:02 PM on Thursday, September 3

Researchers have been honored for their quirky, imaginative contributions to science at the 36th annual Ig Nobel Prizes

FILE - This undated image provided by the European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury's north pole captured by the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo. (ESA via AP, File)

A pair of spacecraft draw closer to Mercury after nearly decade-long voyage

10:21 AM on Thursday, September 3

Two Mercury-bound spacecraft are in the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage

Japanese scientist Shirakawa, co-winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry, dies at 90

7:49 AM on Thursday, September 3

Japanese scientist Hideki Shirakawa, co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died at 90

In Chile, injured penguins sport copper vests to help them heal

8:13 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Researchers in Chile have designed special vests for penguins to help them recover during El Nino

This photo provided by NASA/ESA/A. Sánchez-Lavega (Basque Country University) shows a pattern of clouds around the Saturn's south pole on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (NASA/ESA/A. Sánchez-Lavega, Basque Country University, EHU, via AP)

Scientists find a huge 10-sided wave pattern swirling in the clouds over Saturn's south pole

2:00 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Scientists have discovered an enormous 10-sided wave pattern in the icy ammonia clouds over Saturn's south pole

FILE - Activists participate in a demonstration for phasing out fossil fuels at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 19, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

12:01 AM on Wednesday, September 2

In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming

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