Environment

Look: Space junk

(AFP) -- Millions of pieces of man-made debris are currently orbiting the earth. This huge cloud of space junk is…

Mama bear keeps cubs longer as shield against hunters

by Hazel Ward Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Female brown bears have learned to protect themselves from being shot…

Mama bear keeps cubs longer as shield against hunters

by Hazel Ward Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Female brown bears have learned to protect themselves from being…

Videographics: Polar ice caps melting as Arctic heats up

https://youtu.be/ILe2vdrOp3Y The world’s polar ice caps are shrinking little by little. The Arctic is heating up twice as fast as…

Indonesian ‘house pet’ orangutans rescued by activists

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Young orangutan Utu clings to one of his rescuers as he is freed from the tiny…

More than 130 pilot whales die in mass Australia beaching

PERTH, Australia (AFP) -- At least 135 short-finned pilot whales died Friday after a mass beaching in Australia as rescuers…

World sees rapid upsurge in extreme weather: report

by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A world addled by climate change has seen a four-fold…

Invasive beetle threatens Japan’s famed cherry blossoms

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Across Japan's capital, delicate pink and white cherry blossoms are emerging, but the famed blooms are…

Lights out for world landmarks in nod to nature

PARIS, France (AFP) -- World landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State Building will go dark this weekend…

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