An extensive study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that the number of animals that ever coexisted with humans has decreased by 50 percent. A “mass annihilation”, so scientists call the consequences of human impact on ...

The beach near the Irish village of Dooagh on Achill Island vanished in 1984 after waves swept away all the sand, according to Metro. The rock pools left behind caused trade to plummet with almost all the village’s hotels, guesthouses and ...