The new construction will add to Google’s existing data-centre complex in Hamina on the south coast of Finland.

Insect-eating bats are estimated to be worth US$ 1 billion (€0.91 billion) a year to maize farmers around the world, a new study has revealed. Not only do bats reduce crop damage by eating adult corn earworm crop pests, they also suppress fungal infections in maize ears. Bats and their habitats need to be better protected for their ecological and economic contributions, say the study’s authors.

A method for developing more cost-effective agri-environment schemes is outlined in a recent study. The procedure can be used over large areas, accounts for hundreds of management regimes and several different endangered species. The model is one of the first to account for the timing of measures and, when applied to Saxony in Germany, proposed savings of over €3 million, while also improving some conservation outcomes.

Globally, more than 3.2 million premature deaths per year are attributed to exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5). A new study estimates that 2.1 million premature deaths could be avoided if countries achieved the WHO guideline for PM2.5. Even meeting their closest WHO interim concentration targets could avoid 750 000 (23%) deaths attributed to PM2.5 per year.

The Sydney District Court today sentenced two men to a combined 17.5 years imprisonment over a 2018 seizure of almost 115 kilograms of cocaine.

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The moment you step through the door, Cottonmill Spa sprawls before you like the promise of paradise. Not for nothing are guests given maps to help them find their way around. You could easily get lost here, but oh what a place to get lost in.

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The (in)famous sea lions of San Francisco's Pier 39 are gone and no one is really sure where they went.

California group gets riled when officials bury a dead sea lion near their volleyball court.

After weeks of absence, sea lions are starting to climb back onto the docks at San Francisco's Pier 39 and SF Weekly thinks they know why they left in the first

Why are California sea lions getting sick with cancer? Researchers suspect viruses, PCBs in the water and genetics.

Biologists use weapons to harass Oregon sea lions into leaving an area populated by endangered salmon and other fish.

An energetic little kelpie named "Westie" was rescued after it chased a sea lion four kilometers out to sea from a South Australia beach.

Killer whales and other ocean predators are targeting and killing the pups of a threatened northern sea lion species at an increasingly high rate, scientists wa

Singer says she was almost attacked after the animal mistook her phone for a fish.

Nearly 1,100 sickly sea lion pups that should still be with their mothers have stranded in southern California since the beginning of 2013.

The reasons behind why almost 1,300 ill sea lions have beached themselves on California's shores in 2013 remain unclear..

The Smithsonian's new American Trail zoo exhibit features massive state-of-the-art pools that utilize wave machines to mimic natural coastal waters.

Eastern Steller sea lion populations have made a resounding recovery, from 18,000 individuals in the late 1970s to over 70,000 by 2010.

A whale-spotting dog was overwhelmed by a recent swarm of sea lions and humpback whales in California's Monterey Bay.

Defecating sea lions and marine birds wreak economic havoc on the affluent oceanside San Diego community of La Jolla.

Researchers think unusually warm waters might be the reason for stranded and starving pups.

Has Astoria finally found a way to drive away pinnipeds humanely?

'The Orchid and the Dandelion' by W. Thomas Boyce is part memoir and part child development theory about how kids react to circumstances, and how to help them.

Scientists can only guess at how they have avoided extinction for so long.

A new report from Climate Central finds that most of the overflow was caused by coastal flooding, which was made worse by rising sea levels.

Earth has never hosted 7 billion people all at once before, but according to the U.N., it may reach that spooky milestone by the end of this month.

Pike Research forecasts huge boost in NGV market — but there will only be 26,000 natural gas refueling stations worldwide.

The small Maine-based co-op, which has struggled to gain a hold in the marketplace, received $3 million in much-need investment.

As Africa's population continues to rise, a new statistical analysis estimates the population to be 800 million more people than previously calculated.

Portland authorities faced a tough decision this week: Drain a reservoir or provide residents with tap water that a teen peed into?

Tesla is losing money, but its IPO is likely to succeed because it's the sexiest automaker on the planet, and everybody wants some of the fairy dust.

Manchester's City of Trees scheme will plant one leafy specimen for every resident.

All of the ingredients for this monochromatic side dish are in season in most regions right now, and they combine to make a quick and healthy side dish.

According to the GOP's favorite media mouthpiece, the Keystone XL pipeline would have created thousands, no- tens of thousands, no- hundreds of thousands, wait-

Two proposed energy projects (each with a $7 billion price tag) present two very different directions for America's future. Which would you choose?

An odd, fruity equation provides perspective on the amount of radioactive water leaking into the Pacific.

The find is roughly 2 billion years older than any other known fungus fossil.

The finding indicates that life on Earth began much earlier than previously thought.

Scientists say Zealandia meets all the requirements to qualify as a continent, even though 94% of it is underwater.

Toyota has donated 4,500 free trees for this March's giveaway for New York City residents.

By foraging in your backyard, you can turn a crop of cheerful but maligned dandelions into a tasty, traditional French soup.

'What are we supposed to do?' one hiker whispered as a puma stared them down in Sequoia National Park.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is responsible for creating or saving one million green jobs.

Chris Burley and Ei Ei Khin have an ambitious goal: Grow 1 million wildflowers to help threatened honeybee populations.

The 150-foot-wide asteroid 2012 DA14 may harbor $65 billion of recoverable water and $130 billion in metals.