World’s smallest hog released into wild in India by conservationists
MANAS, India (AFP) -- A dozen of the world's smallest pigs have been released into the wild in northeastern India…
3 years ago
Environment
Rare giant barking deer spotted in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (AFP) -- A critically endangered giant barking deer has been spotted in Cambodia for the first time,…
3 years ago
Twin joy as Tokyo panda gives birth to two cubs
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A panda at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo gave birth to twins on Wednesday, weeks after news of…
3 years ago
Nature bites back: Animals push human boundaries
The pandemic and climate change is testing as never before the delicate balance of human co-habitation with the natural…
3 years ago
‘No time to waste’ warns Japan climate activist
by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Kimiko Hirata has spent nearly half her life fighting to wean…
3 years ago
Indonesian women take on plastic waste brick by brick
by Agnes ANYA JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Alarmed by the mountains of plastic waste leaching into Indonesia's waters, two best…
3 years ago
Drought-hit California scales up plan to truck salmon to ocean
by Laurent BANGUET OROVILLE, United States (AFP) -- With chronic drought drying up rivers earlier than usual this year, California…
3 years ago
Insect pest eats into Lebanon’s ‘white gold’ pine nut trade
by Layal Abou Rahal QSAYBEH, Lebanon (AFP) -- The scenic region of Mount Lebanon has long produced pine seed, a…
3 years ago
Arctic sea ice thinning faster than expected, new study shows
by Joe JACKSON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Sea ice in the Arctic's coastal regions may be thinning up to…
3 years ago
Global warming blamed for 1 in 3 heat-related deaths
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than a third of summer heat-related fatalities are due to climate change,…
3 years ago
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