WATCH: Endangered species
(AFP) -- One in four mammals, one in eight birds, 40% of all amphibians and nearly one in three conifer…
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Environment
Bear roaming around Romanian town shot dead
BUCHAREST, Romania (AFP) -- A brown bear was shot dead in Romania on Wednesday after entering from an adjacent forest…
8 years ago
Zika likely to spread in Asia Pacific: WHO
MANILA, Philippines | AFP | Monday 10/10/2016 - 19:34 GMT+8 | 259 words The Zika virus is set to…
8 years ago
Climate change doubles US forest-fire burn areas: study
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Climate change is making the planet hotter and drier, and has about doubled the area…
8 years ago
By 2100, storms will unleash more floods in New York: study
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Extreme floods unleashed by massive storms on the scale of Hurricane Sandy in 2012…
8 years ago
Pets or pests? Quaker parrots invade Madrid
by Alvaro VILLALOBOS MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- They may be cute, colourful and chatty, but South American quaker parrots have…
8 years ago
New York uses recycled toilets to revive oyster reefs
It's an un-wasteful effort to bring back the oyster to the waters of New York. Porcelain from recycled toilets mixed…
8 years ago
Invasive insects cause tens of billions in damage: study
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Invasive insects cause at least $77 billion (69 billion euros) in damage every…
8 years ago
Fast E. coli water detection kit developed
An E. coli detection kit that allows users to detect the deadly disease quickly while at the water source, rather…
8 years ago
Thermal bat detection gets scientists in a flutter
BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK (Reuters) -- Monitoring bat populations using thermal imaging is allowing conservationists to keep tabs on the threatened…
8 years ago
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