Mouse plague forces Australian prison evacuation
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A mouse plague ravaging Australia's farmlands forced the evacuation of hundreds of inmates from a rural…
5 years ago
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Russia registers ‘world’s first’ Covid vaccine for animals
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia announced Wednesday it had registered what it said was the world's first coronavirus vaccine…
5 years ago
Dramatic shark decline leaves ‘gaping hole’ in ocean: study
by Sara HUSSEIN Agence France Presse Overfishing has wiped out over 70 percent of some shark and ray populations…
5 years ago
China lab leak infects thousands with bacterial disease
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Thousands of people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease after a…
6 years ago
Cows on a wet tin roof: South Korea floods leave animals stranded
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Dozens of cows were stranded on rooftops by floods in South Korea, leaving rescue crews…
6 years ago
Herbivores face higher extinction risk than predators: study
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Herbivores face a higher risk of extinction than predators, whether they are mammals, birds or…
6 years ago
Dutch mink workers may be first known humans infected by animals: WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization said Tuesday that Dutch workers apparently infected with the coronavirus by minks…
6 years ago
First giant panda born in Netherlands
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Wu Wen, a giant panda loaned to a Dutch zoo by China, has given birth…
6 years ago
Global warming to cause ‘catastrophic’ species loss: study
by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Global warming will cause "catastrophic" biodiversity loss across the world if…
6 years ago
Glass frogs reappear in Bolivia after 18 years
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) -- A rare species of frog native to the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Andes has…
6 years ago
Australia’s ‘insurance’ koala population halved by bushfires
by Glenda KWEK Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- At least half of Australia's only disease-free koala population, a key…
6 years ago
Coffee and quacks served up at Chengdu duck cafe
CHENGDU, China (AFP) -- Crowds in a Chinese eatery ignore their drinks to gather adoringly around four fluffy white ducks,…
7 years ago
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