Environment

Peru releases 17,000 at-risk turtles into Amazon wild

LORETO, Peru (Reuters) -- Thousands of endangered Taricaya turtles have been released in Peru's Amazon region as part of efforts…

Elephant poaching costs Africa tourism $25mn: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Stopping the killing of elephants for their tusks could add some $25 million (23 million euros)…

17,000 river turtles released in Peru national reserve

PACAYA SAMIRIA NATIONAL RESERVE, Peru (AFP) -- Peru frees 17,000 yellow-spotted river turtles in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Each year,…

Nicaragua fishermen dread construction of Atlantic-Pacific canal

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Peasants in southern Nicaragua, whose lands will be expropriated for a project to build an Atlantic-Pacific canal,…

Whaling: The hunters and the hunted

Portorož, Slovenia | AFP | by Mariëtte Le Roux -- Thirty years into a moratorium on commercial whaling, hundreds of the…

WATCH: New video of “the world’s saddest polar bear” released in Beijing

GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) -- A new video of a polar bear that has been kept captive in a Chinese shopping mall…

Australia set for more heatwaves amid climate change: study

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia is set to experience more heatwaves, with record-breaking hot weather becoming "normal" across the continent…

Antarctic glacier thinning more rapidly than thought: study

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- A large glacier in West Antarctica lost up to half a kilometer in…

‘Many more’ corals die in Great Barrier Reef bleaching

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- More corals are dying and others are succumbing to disease and predators after the worst-ever bleaching on…

Air pollution can affect blood pressure: study

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Long-term exposure to urban air pollution incrementally increases the risk of high blood…

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