Environment

Shetland sanctuary fights to save seals as pollution takes toll

by Stuart GRAHAM Agence France Presse Shetland, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Pollution is taking its toll on seal populations on…

Indonesian farmers fight for their land in nickel mining boom

by Marchio GORBIANO Agence France-Presse WAWONII, Indonesia (AFP) -- Three women with machetes stood guard at their farm hilltop on…

Rare West African lion cubs caught on camera in Senegal

Dakar, Senegal (AFP) -- At three months old, even future kings of the savannah like to play. In Senegal, a…

White tiger cub found dumped on Greek street: animal park

Athens, Greece (AFP) -- Greece's leading animal park on Wednesday said it had recovered a rare white tiger cub found…

Rising seas eating away at Honduran fishing village

by Noe LEIVA Agence France-Presse CEDEÑO, Honduras (AFP) -- The coastline of Cedeno, a fishing village in southern Honduras, looks…

Pincered at sea, lobsters get new hope on land in UK

by Sylvain PEUCHMAURD Agence France-Presse WHITBY, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The tiny lobsters are safe from predators -- including each…

Cow manure fuels French tractors

by Myriam LEMETAYER Agence France Presse Beaumontois-en-Périgord, France (AFP) -- A French farmer steps away from his barn and fills…

Colombia hopes to remove dead drug lord’s hippos

Bogotá, Colombia (AFP) -- The governor of a region of Colombia where a herd of some 150 hippos -- descendants…

Ten deadliest quakes of the past 100 years

Paris, France (AFP) -- With a death toll standing at more than 50,000, the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and…

Long lost Madagascar songbird seen again in wild

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- Conservationists were celebrating Wednesday the first sightings in 24 years of…

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