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NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — One of the most under-studied large mammals in Africa, research has shown the giraffe has silently been going extinct, with numbers dropping 40 percent in the past three decades. Here are some unusual facts about one of the most distinctive-looking creatures on the continent. Neck The giraffe’s best-known feature can be longer than most people are tall. However, like humans it still only has seven vertebrae. Each is about 25 centimeters […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A monthly global climate report by US government scientists Monday offered more evidence that 2016 is likely to be the warmest year in modern times, as sea ice at both poles hit record lows. Climate scientists say the continued burning of fossil fuels is spewing greenhouse gasses that trap heat in the atmosphere, making the planet warm up. In addition, a strong El Nino trend in the first half of the […]
(Reuters) — Poyang Lake located in Duchang County in east China’s Jiangxi Province, has seen its peak arrival of about 600,000 migratory birds. Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, welcomes nearly 600,000 migratory birds every year. Li Yue, director of the Administration Department of Duchang County Migratory Birds Natural Reserve Area, said among all the birds, cygnets are the main species which contributes to 50,000 of the total number in the past five years. “Duchang […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A rainbow-headed snake, a tiny frog and a lizard with dragon-like horns are among more than 150 new species confirmed by scientists last year in the ecologically diverse but threatened Mekong region, researchers said on Monday. Winding its way from the Tibetan plateau through the mountains and jungles of Southeast Asia, the Mekong river helps sustain one of the most diverse regions on the planet. Each year scientists announce new species, […]
CCTV — Haze has covered about 1.4 million square kilometers of China’s total land area as of Sunday afternoon, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC). The center is maintaining an orange alert for haze from Sunday for north China, warning that air pollution will be the most severe from Monday evening until Wednesday. Various cities in east and central China issued a red alert for severe air pollution on Thursday, and as their caution […]
QUINTANA ROO, Mexico (Reuters) — The 13th annual U.N. Biodiversity Conference (COP13) closed in Cancun Saturday (December 17) after officials agreed on a roadmap to promote the conservation of biodiversity in fishing, forest, tourist and other agricultural sectors to meet the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. Indeed, the theme for the meetings had been proposed by Mexico to be “Integrating Biodiversity for Welfare.” Some 5,000 to 10,000 people from international organisations, NGOs and indigenous groups, […]
As 2016 draws to an end, Africa’s elephants and rhinos are counting the cost of a poaching crisis that has killed tens of thousands of animals. Wildlife rangers are turning to drones, night-goggles and automatic weapons in an increasingly high-tech battle that’s worth billions of dollars worldwide. https://youtu.be/8ljo8omYt0c
CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Global methane emissions from agriculture and other sources have surged in recent years, threatening efforts to slow climate change, an international study has found. Researchers led by French Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE) reported that methane concentrations in the air began to surge around 2007 and grew precipitously in 2014 and 2015. In that two-year period methane concentrations shot up by 10 or more parts per […]
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) — Three months after her birth, a rare Malayan tiger cub emerged from her den on Wednesday (December 14) at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo, The cub, named Berisi, was born on September 11 and spent the beginning of her life in the den with her mother, Bzui. The cub raced around the enclosure, pouncing on her mother and climbing rocks. Zoo officials said there were only about 250 Malayan tigers left in […]
by Fanuel JONGWE Agence France-Presse Lions living in the Zimbabwean reserve that was home to “Cecil the lion” are most threatened by human behavior, including trophy hunting, researchers said Monday. Cecil was shot by an American trophy hunter in 2015, sparking outrage after it emerged that the lion was not only a popular attraction for Hwange National Park visitors, but was also part of an Oxford University research project. Human activity including trophy hunting accounted for […]
by Delphine THOUVENOT Agence France-Presse GULF OF THAILAND, Thailand (AFP) — Piercing the water’s surface with its almond-shaped mouth, a giant Bryde’s whale opens wide for one, two, three seconds, gulping in anchovies as a boatload of awed tourist look on in the Gulf of Thailand. It’s a rare glimpse of marine life in its natural habitat, in a kingdom overrun with mass tourist attractions such as aquariums and dolphin shows. Once a dream for scuba […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Global warming is responsible for the melting of mountain glaciers around the world in the last century, scientists said Monday. Since glaciers respond slowly to climate change and are susceptible to yearly weather changes, there has been some debate in the scientific community about whether climate change was entirely to blame for their ice melt. For instance, the last report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded only […]
