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KUALA, Lumpur (AFP) — A wild elephant in Malaysia has died after being hit by a tourist bus on a busy highway, an official said Friday, the second pachyderm to meet its end in the area in two months. The 10-year-old bull was killed on the road connecting the western state of Perak with Kelantan in the east, which passes through thick jungle. “A bull elephant was knocked down by a bus and died. We […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III expressed worry about the possible effect of bird flu on the endangered Philippine Eagle. Dominguez said bird flu will not greatly affect the country’s economy but what was more worrying, he said, is that it may greatly affect the Philippine Eagle population if it spreads to the region where these rare birds live. “You know what really my concern is with the bird flu? […]
by Aaron Tam Agence France-Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — As Hong Kong gears up for Typhoon Hato, weather-obsessed residents are glued to updates from the historic observatory which has the power to shut down the city with a signal. Early Wednesday the observatory issued Hong Kong’s highest level Typhoon 10 warning, bringing the city to a standstill with schools shut, hundreds of flights cancelled, and the stockmarket closed. Founded in 1883, when Hong Kong […]
MADRAS, OREGON, United States (Reuters) — Millions of Americans armed with protective glasses caught a glimpse of a historic eclipse along a slender ribbon of land cutting diagonally across the United States on Monday (August 21). It marks the first total solar eclipse to unfold from coast to coast in nearly a century. After weeks of anticipation, the sight of the moon’s shadow passed directly in front of the sun, blotting out all but the […]
CARBONDALE, Illinois (Reuters) — A time-lapse video captured the sky over Carbondale, Illinois, during a solar eclipse on Monday, August 21. The video shows what was visible to the naked eye during the eclipse, as clouds passed through the skies over the Southern Illinois University football stadium. Some 12 million people live in the 70-mile-wide (113-km-wide), 2,500-mile-long (4,000-km-long) zone where the total eclipse appeared. Millions of others traveled to spots along the route to bask […]
by Maggy Donaldson Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Researchers announced Saturday they discovered wreckage of the lost warship the USS Indianapolis, 72 years after the World War II cruiser was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. The wreckage was found in the Philippine Sea 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles) below the surface, according to philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who headed the civilian research crew that located the ship. The ship was hit in […]
The Olive Ridley Sea Turtles, protected since the 1990 law forbidding the consumption and sale of their eggs, arrive on one of three Mexican beach to lay eggs and ensure the future survival of the species. (AFP Video) https://youtu.be/ofisI_TJDkg
ZHANGJIAJIE CITY, China (CCTV) — A sea of clouds has turned a national forest park in Zhangjiajie of central China’s Hunan Province into a fairyland Wednesday after it cleared up following several days of rains. Pure white clouds floated above the Tianmen Mountain with a gust of breeze. The amazing natural scenery attracted many visitors and shutterbugs to take photos. Zhang Shupeng, a Chinese wingsuit pilot, took such a chance for a test fly from […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The Greenland ice sheet is likely to melt faster in the years to come, despite a recent slowdown, researchers said Wednesday after making a new discovery about the way glaciers move. Greenland contains enough ice to make the sea level mount 23 feet (seven meters) if it were to melt completely. The findings in the journal Science Advances show that ice in Greenland moves more quickly over sediment than hard rock. […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A giant tortoise that made a break from a Japanese zoo has been found safe and sound two weeks after it escaped — just 140 meters from the park. The 35-year-old female, named Abuh and measuring around one meter (three feet) in length, steamed out of the Shibukawa Animal Park in Okayama prefecture in early August having been allowed to walk freely around the zoo during opening hours. Zoo keepers, unable to […]
Paris, France (AFP) — The two most common chronic lung diseases claimed 3.6 million lives worldwide in 2015, according to a tally published Thursday in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. About 3.2 million people succumbed that year to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), caused mainly by smoking and pollution, while 400,000 people died from asthma. COPD is a group of lung conditions — including emphysema and bronchitis — that make it difficult to breathe. Asthma […]
VIENNA, Austria (Reuters) — Lemurs hum to protect them from predators and increase social cohesion within their troop, according to a Canadian primatologist. Research carried out by Laura Bolt, from University of Toronto Mississauga, could help future studies on how ancient human ancestors socialized with each other. During her five-month stint at the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve in southwest Madagascar Bolt studied two specific vocalizations – “moans” and “hmms” produced by male ring-tailed lemurs, the […]
