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Sixth graders from Habu Primary School in Botswana on a safari. The trip is the high point of a multi-pronged effort by the nonprofit Wild Entrust to resolve a chronic conflict between rural villagers and the wild animals that destroy their crops.

Elephants are a menace for these 6th graders. Then they went on a safari ...

Botswana has one of the last thriving elephant herds – and a history of human-elephant conflict that threatens both sides. A nonprofit has a program to shift that dynamic. Will it work?

In 1954 Godzilla was born out of an atomic blast in Toho Studios' "Gojira." (1954)

Celebrating Godzilla at 70

Film Geeks SD will present a year-long film series dedicated to the iconic monster at Digital Gym Cinema.

A doctor checks chest x-rays of a tuberculosis patient at a clinic in Mumbai, India, that treats those with drug-resistant strains of the disease. The World Health Organization has called for the eradication of this ancient and deadly infectious disease.

WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we?

The pandemic brought notable setbacks in the effort to eradicate tuberculosis, which is likely to regain its notorious title of deadliest infectious disease in 2023. But there are signs of progress.

Photographer Lisa Ross' "Black Garden (Crib with Door)," 2009, is part of "Elegy to a Uyghur Homeland" at San Diego Museum of Art, opening Nov. 5, 2022.

5 works of art to see in San Diego in November

Must-see visual art exhibitions in San Diego right now: Lisa Ross at SDMA; Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio at the Athenaeum; Francisco Eme at Best Practice; "Piñatas: The High Art of Celebration" at the Mingei; and "Script/Rescript" at SDSU Art Gallery.

A Humane Society staff member works to free a coyote's head from a bucket, Jan. 24, 2023.

Coyote stuck in bucket after floods saved by Humane Society

"We are hopeful this juvenile coyote will be able to recover and return to the wild soon," SDHS spokeswoman Nina Thompson said.

A Seagull electric vehicle from Chinese automaker BYD for test driving is parked outside a showroom in Beijing on April 10. The tiny, low-priced electric vehicle called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China. But it drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric vehicles that cost three times as much. Tariffs on imported Chinese vehicles probably will keep the Seagull away from America’s shores for now.

What Biden’s tariffs on Chinese EVs and other products mean for U.S. consumers, jobs

President Biden and former President Donald Trump have both embraced tariffs on foreign imports. We asked economist Sanjay Patnaik of the nonpartisan Brookings Institution what tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other products mean for the U.S.

Toni Dezomits' advanced ovarian cancer responded well to earlier rounds of chemo, but this spring, her doctors told her there was a shortage of a key chemo drug.

Some cancer drugs are in short supply, putting patients' care at risk. Here's why

The recent, abrupt shortage of critical cancer drugs is forcing doctors to ration essential medications. It highlights a broken business model in generic drugs.

The monarch butterfly species is one of thousands which states have flagged for conservation, but have limited resources to support.

Monarch butterflies are in trouble; Here’s how you can help

The monarch butterfly was categorized by scientists last week as endangered.

Vice President Harris speaks following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on Thursday.

When will Kamala Harris be the official Democratic presidential nominee?

The Democratic National Committee will hold a virtual roll call in early August to select a new presidential nominee, likely Vice President Harris, before its convention kicks off in Chicago.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

SCOTUS appears to post opinion allowing Idaho to offer emergency medical abortions

A U.S. Supreme Court opinion briefly posted on its website suggests the court will allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, according to Bloomberg News, which obtained a copy of the opinions.

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