Whale cams reveal secret Antarctic feeding habits
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Whale cams have revealed the secret feeding habits of the giant mammals in frozen Antarctica, details…
8 years ago
Environment
WATCH: Queen opens new elephant center at Whipsnade Zoo
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II opens the new Center for Elephant Care at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Whipsnade, north of London.…
8 years ago
Permafrost more vulnerable than thought: scientists
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Frozen, sub-Arctic wastelands loaded with planet-heating greenhouse gases are more susceptible to global…
8 years ago
WATCH: Giant panda cub’s naughty moments caught on camera
CHENGDU CITY, Sichuan Province, southwest China (CCTV) -- It may be an easy life for panda cubs at the Chengdu…
8 years ago
Watch: California’s “super bloom” draws scores of tourists
Thanks to last winter's heavy rains, California's flower-covered hills are experiencing their greatest bloom in more than a decade. Hordes…
8 years ago
Rare one-horned rhino killed by poachers in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Poachers have shot dead a one-horned rhinoceros at a national wildlife park in Nepal, officials said Sunday,…
8 years ago
‘Zero recovery’ for corals in back-to-back Australia bleaching
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia's Great Barrier Reef has "zero prospect" of recovery,…
8 years ago
Polluted London sets its sights on cars
by Ouerdya AIT ABDELMALEK Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Gone are the days of London's "pea souper"…
8 years ago
Bangladesh closes one of world’s most polluted places
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- A historic leatherworking quarter in Bangladesh once labelled among the most polluted places on earth was…
8 years ago
Record amount of renewables capacity added in 2016: UN
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The world added a record 138.5 gigawatts of renewable power capacity in 2016 despite a 23…
8 years ago
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