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Can you build a house entirely made of plastic bottles? This 86-year old woman did it 12 years ago, and her house still stands strong in in the village of El Borbollon, El Transito, west of San Salvador, on March 14, 2017. She built her house in 2005, not with the usual bricks and cement, or wood, but with the use of plastic bottles which she recycled into this small house because she had no […]
The world will be celebrating the Earth Hour on the 25th of March 2017 at 8:30 PM, so let’s join the movement and take the first step towards changing climate change! Infographics by Dex Magno Research by Jodilin Bustos
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) — A polar bear cub at Munich zoo has been named Quintana. After the upset of Berlin’s polar bear cub Fritz, heir of famous Berlin polar bear Knut, dying of complications from a liver inflammation at the tender age of only four months two weeks ago, all eyes and hopes were on the little white rascal at the Munich Hellabrunn zoo. The cub, which was born in November, appeared unimpressed at the […]
VIENNA, Austria (Reuters) — Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo has welcome two new additions to its enclosures – twin ring-tailed baby lemurs. The park said in a statement on Wednesday the babies were born on Saturday and will be suckled for about six months, with other females helping their mother care for them. Lemurs, originally from Madagascar, are “sociable animals”, the zoo said. In the hit animated film “Madagascar”, the lemurs were known for throwing thumping dance […]
A rare white rhino named Timbo was born in the Amneville Zoo in northeastern France. He may be just nine days old but he already weighs 80kg. (AFP Video) https://youtu.be/H11af4pbfjs
CAMBRIDGE, England, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A small fly the size of a grain of rice could take the title of Top Gun of the insect world after Cambridge scientists identified its remarkable ability to detect and intercept its prey mid-air, changing direction mid-flight if necessary before sweeping around for the kill. The robber fly Holcocephala is relatively small - at 6 millimeters (mm) in length but can spot and catch prey more than half […]
YONGIN, South Korea (Reuters) — Why are giant pandas black and white? It’s a question that has eluded scientists for decades. But now, biologists in California say they have cracked the panda color code. To figure out why pandas are so different from other bear species that are almost all just one color, researchers say they had to deconstruct the animal into parts. “Our breakthrough was to divide the panda’s body up into different areas. […]
CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA (Reuters) — An Australian man is lucky to be alive after he was bitten by a crocodile in northern Queensland on Saturday (March 18) after he jumped into the Johnstone River to impress a girl he had a crush on. Known to be infested with crocodiles, Lee De Paauw jumped into the river after drinking at a backpackers hostel with a group of friends, including British backpacker Sophie Paterson. According to local media, De Paauw told […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Global warming has boosted the frequency and severity of deadly air pollution peaks in northern China, scientists said Monday. Toxic particles in the air cause nearly a million premature deaths in the country every year, according to earlier research. “Climate change increases occurrences of weather conditions conducive to Beijing winter severe haze,” a team reported in the journal Nature Climate Change. In Beijing and other […]
Zoo-goers in Australia are introduced to a rare baby pygmy hippo, the first of its kind born at Taronga Zoo in seven years. https://youtu.be/Y3AM8ntiegU
by Dessy Sagita Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia summoned the British ambassador Friday after a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a London-based company smashed into coral reefs in a popular tourist spot and caused extensive damage. Raja Ampat in eastern Indonesia is one of the most biodiverse marine habitats on Earth, and attracts intrepid travellers and divers to its palm-fringed islands surrounded by coral and fish. The accident happened this month […]
(Eagle News) — The world-famous Keukenhof spring garden is known for its inspirational display of color and its horticultural precision.
