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FILE - The full moon rises in the over a beer sign in the outfield at Kauffman Stadium during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

The first supermoon of the year is approaching. Here's what to know

9:00 AM on Saturday, October 4

The first supermoon of the year is almost here

Tony Scott stands with the pumpkin he grew in his Wappingers Falls, N.Y., backyard on Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

How to grow a giant pumpkin, with help from science

8:57 AM on Saturday, October 4

Every year, growers raise giant pumpkins and compete in annual weigh-offs against other colossal fruits

Egypt reopens Amenhotep III's tomb after over 20 years of renovation

8:21 AM on Saturday, October 4

Egypt has opened the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III to visitors after over two decades of renovation

Police officers block protestors from an entrance to Marineland grounds in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on May 20, 2023. (Alex Lupul/The Canadian Press via AP)

Marineland asks Canadian government for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent

5:48 PM on Friday, October 3

The Marineland park near Niagara Falls has asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent

FILE - British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist Jane Goodall poses for a portrait in New York to promote the Disneynature film, "Born in China", April 7, 2017. Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. She was 91. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP File)

Goodall's influence spread far and wide. Those who felt it are pledging to continue her work

6:24 PM on Thursday, October 2

In the wake of Jane Goodall's death, the many scientists and others influenced by her are promising to do their best to carry on her legacy

Jane Goodall sits during an interview at the Fairmount Hotel in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 1996. (Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

What to know about the life and legacy of chimpanzee researcher and wildlife advocate Jane Goodall

10:55 AM on Thursday, October 2

Famed primatologist Jane Goodall was renowned for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees but dedicated her life to helping all wild animals and the natural world

This image composed from multiple exposures and provided by NSF's NOIRLab shows a comet streaking across a star field above the International Gemini Observatory on Cerro Pachon, near La Serena, Chile. (NSF's NoirLab via AP)

Interstellar comet swinging past Mars as a fleet of spacecraft looks on

9:19 AM on Thursday, October 2

A comet from another star system is swinging by Mars as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor

Foreman Vitor Lucas unloads a bucket of wine grapes on a tractor during a night harvest at the Herdade da Fonte Santa vineyard near Vimieiro, Portugal, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

In the cool of a Portugal night, it’s time to pick the grapes

9:19 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Portuguese vineyards are harvesting grapes at night to combat rising temperatures

FILE - Primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall delivers the 50th George Gamow Memorial Lecture at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Environmentalists, politicians, celebrities recall life and influence of primatologist Jane Goodall

6:39 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Tributes are pouring in from around the world honoring the life and influence of famed primatologist Jane Goodall

Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 9, 2023. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada denies Marineland's request to export its remaining beluga whales to China

4:52 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Canada’s last captive whales will remain at the Marineland zoo and amusement park for now after the federal government denied its request to ship 30 belugas to China

SPIE Photonics West 2026 Opens for Registration

2:48 PM on Wednesday, October 1

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9:00 AM on Wednesday, October 1

FILE - The sun shines over the melting Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, on June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Swiss glaciers shrank 3% this year, the fourth-biggest retreat on record

6:12 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Swiss glaciers have faced significant melting this year, with a 3% drop in total volume, marking the fourth-largest annual decline on record

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