Environment

Japan volcanic islands may hold key to coral survival

by Ursula Hyzy Agence France-Presse TARA, Japan (AFP) -- The key to the survival of the world's threatened coral reefs…

DAR plans to give 6 million hectares of land to farmers

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is planning to give six million hectares of…

40 kuweba sa Region 2, nadiskubre ng mga foreign researcher

(Eagle News) -- Pinag-aaralan na ang posibleng pagbubukas sa publiko sa umaabot na apat na pung kuwebang nadiskubre ng mga…

Whale cams reveal secret Antarctic feeding habits

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Whale cams have revealed the secret feeding habits of the giant mammals in frozen Antarctica, details…

WATCH: Queen opens new elephant center at Whipsnade Zoo

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II opens the new Center for Elephant Care at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Whipsnade, north of London.…

WATCH: Giant panda cub’s naughty moments caught on camera

CHENGDU CITY, Sichuan Province, southwest China (CCTV) -- It may be an easy life for panda cubs at the Chengdu…

Watch: California’s “super bloom” draws scores of tourists

Thanks to last winter's heavy rains, California's flower-covered hills are experiencing their greatest bloom in more than a decade. Hordes…

Rare one-horned rhino killed by poachers in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Poachers have shot dead a one-horned rhinoceros at a national wildlife park in Nepal, officials said Sunday,…

Polluted London sets its sights on cars

by Ouerdya AIT ABDELMALEK Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Gone are the days of London's "pea souper"…

Bangladesh closes one of world’s most polluted places

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- A historic leatherworking quarter in Bangladesh once labelled among the most polluted places on earth was…

Malaking pawikan na-rescue sa Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay

IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay (Eagle News) - Isang malaking pawikan ang nalambat ng mga mangingisda na mayroong bigat na 180 kilograms.  Ang nasabing…

Gene sleuths open line of attack on coral-killing starfish

by Richard Ingham PARIS, France (AFP) -- The beast goes by the Latin monicker of Acanthaster planci, but it is…

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