EVANSVILLE — When the great snowstorm of 2004 slammed into the Tri-State, forecaster Christine Wielgos was hunkered down at the National Weather Service’s Paducah, Kentucky, office trying to keep ...

Canadian bear researcher Charlie Russell knew it was dangerous to set up shop in Kamchatka—a frontier of lawless poachers, ruthless kingpins, and 10,000 wild grizzlies. But when up to 20 of his ...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the cabinet on 27 December that it holds the key to reconstructing and stabilizing the war-torn country (see news items below). "The people of Afghanistan have big ...

In the tragic aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, scientists and warning centers are now better equipped to forecast and model these monstrous waves On December 26, 2004, a series ...