SAN DIEGO (AP) – Within minutes of walking on a San Diego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell found the feathered carcasses – one after another.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysia has extended for another year its contract with marine robotics company Ocean Infinity for a deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean for wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared 12 years ago.

BERLIN (AP) – Temperatures hit record highs from Switzerland to the Czech Republic and Denmark on Saturday, as a heat wave that baked western European countries this week moves to central and eastern parts of the continent. Unusually high temperatures were recorded even in the Nordic countries not known for sweltering summers.

As Europe scorches under extreme heat, people aren’t the only ones impacted by the high temperatures and humidity. Birds and other wildlife are at risk without respite, too. Birds, especially, are crucial to ecosystems across the globe, providing services like pollinating flowers, controlling pests naturally, dispersing seeds and even serving as early warning systems.

TOKYO (AP) – Two major storm systems pounded Japan on Saturday, causing landslides and floods and leaving one dead and several injured, media and officials said. The storms, Mekkhala and Higos, have dumped heavy rain and damaged roads as Japan experiences its annual rainy season.

Tropical Storm Mekkhala inundates cars and homes in southern Taiwan

Watch the moment a powerful earthquake rocks Venezuela

Wildfire burns through southern Utah pushed by strong winds also impeding firefighting efforts