January 2025

A toothy toadstool. A vegetarian piranha with a distinctive mark. And a pygmy pipehorse floating in the Indian Ocean shallows. These wild wonders were among the hundreds of previously unknown species of animals, plants and fungi that scientists named and described for the first time in 2024, expanding our surprisingly limited knowledge of…

A view of people standing in a queue for filling petrol outside a petrol pump in Rawalpindi on January 29, 2023. — Online New rate of petrol will be Rs252.66 per litre. High-speed diesel price goes up by Rs2.96 per litre. Ogra fixes new prices after fluctuation in int’l market. ISLAMABAD: The federal government has…

NEAR OCALA, Fla. (WSVN) — A paramedic is being honored after having risked his life to help a man escape a burning car in Marion County. A car smashed into a tree and burst into flames near Ocala Monday morning, leaving the driver trapped inside. Stephen Cabrera, who was off duty at the time, saw…

A sea otter has been seen clambering onto a surfboard and following surfers off Vancouver Island, prompting reminders from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to avoid close interactions with the mammals. Photos and videos on social media show the otter following a group of three surfers off Whiffen Spit in Sooke, B.C., about 40…