Environment

Much maligned elsewhere, bats get star treatment in central France

by Maxime MAMET Agence France-Presse BOURGES, France (AFP) — At a museum in central France, researchers tenderly feed insects and kitten…

Reef tales: candid cams reveal shark populations in decline

by Sara HUSSEIN TOKYO, Japan (APF) -- An unprecedented global survey has revealed a shocking decline in the number of…

Rare twin red-ruffed lemurs born at Singapore zoo

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Twin red-ruffed lemurs have been born at Singapore zoo, officials said Thursday, a rare double delivery…

160 turtles caught in plastic waste rescued from Bangladesh beach

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) -- About 160 sea turtles, many of them injured after getting entangled in plastic waste, have…

Tiger, pangolin farming in Myanmar risks ‘boosting demand’

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Conservationists have warned a sudden change in Myanmar's law allowing the commercial farming of tigers, pangolins…

Colombia lost forest area the size of Sao Paulo in 2019: report

BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- Colombia lost 159,000 hectares of forest -- an area the size of Brazilian megacity Sao Paulo…

Climate change turning US mountain lakes green with algae

by Phineas RUECKERT PARIS, France (AFP) -- Global warming is turning clear mountain lakes green in the western United States…

Tie for warmest June globally, Siberia sizzles: EU

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Temperatures soared 10 degrees Celsius above average in June across much of permafrost-laden…

Botswana reports mysterious deaths of hundreds of elephants

GABORONE, Botswana (AFP) — Hundreds of elephants have died mysteriously in Botswana's famed Okavango Delta, the head of the wildlife…

Brazilian Amazon sees worst June in 13 years for forest fires

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Amazon forest fires in Brazil increased by 19.5 percent in June compared to the…

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