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A dramatic increase in ocean temperatures around South Florida in early July caught scientists off-guard. They're now rushing to help struggling coral on the only inshore reef in the continental U.S. -
A boy in Oklahoma reeled in an alarmingly weird catch this past weekend: a pacu, the South American fish that's a cousin of the piranha — and whose humanlike teeth have long struck fear in swimmers. -
South Bay beaches aren't a good option because of polluted waters, but people who live along the coast are cool, for now. -
Caltrans crews closed all northbound lanes of State Route 67 in the Lakeside/Ramona area Tuesday for an emergency sinkhole repair. -
An excessive heat warning has been issued Tuesday for San Diego County deserts with dangerously hot conditions and high temperatures expected through Saturday, the National Weather Service announced. -
Sweden says it found the largest deposit in Europe of rare earths — ingredients in a host of technologies from e-vehicles to wind turbines. Mining and processing them is another story. -
A federal appeals court on Monday denied a last-ditch effort by tribes to block construction of what's likely to be the largest lithium mine in North America on federal land in Nevada. -
Another day of extremely hot conditions was on tap Monday for the San Diego area — especially in the region's arid eastern reaches, where high temperatures were likely to soar into the triple digits, according to the National Weather Service. -
The city closed the Ocean Beach Pier Monday for maintenance, officials said. -
The tallgrass prairie is an astonishing place to run, with rolling hills, bison herds, wildflowers and birds. We take a sunrise run in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas.
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