Drugs from the deep: scientists explore ocean frontiers
by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Some send divers in speed boats, others dispatch submersible robots to…
3 years ago
Environment
Long lost Madagascar songbird seen again in wild
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- Conservationists were celebrating Wednesday the first sightings in 24 years of…
3 years ago
Wetter storms, deforestation: Manila faces worsening floods
by Mikhail FLORES Agence France-Presse BARAS, Philippines (AFP) -- From her house in a Manila suburb, Rowena Jimenez can't see…
3 years ago
Hidden Colombia canyon transformed from rebel route to tourist draw
LA URIBE, Colombia (AFP) -- For years, the crystal clear river flowing between giant boulders served as a strategic guerilla…
3 years ago
Regions in US, China most at risk for climate damage: report
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Major industrial and economic centers in China and the United States are among the most vulnerable…
3 years ago
One third of Amazon ‘degraded’ by human activity, drought: study
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- More than one third of the Amazon rainforest may have been degraded by human activity…
3 years ago
Japan to start releasing treated water from Fukushima this year
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan plans to start releasing more than a million tons of treated water from the crippled…
3 years ago
Top Thai conservation official arrested on corruption charges
A top Thai conservation official was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday, with police saying he was caught receiving a…
3 years ago
Weather extremes becoming ‘new normal’, warns UK’s National Trust
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain's National Trust on Wednesday said nature and wildlife at the charity's sites had been…
3 years ago
East DR Congo rebel crisis threatens endangered mountain gorillas
Goma, DR Congo (AFP) M23 rebel activity in volatile eastern DR Congo is threatening mountain gorillas in Virunga National…
4 years ago
Global ‘peace pact’ signed to protect nature
by Issam Ahmed and Roland Lloyd Parry Agence France-Presse MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- Countries reached a historic deal on Monday…
4 years ago
Draft UN biodiversity deal calls to protect 30% of planet by 2030
Montreal, Canada (AFP) by Issam Ahmed and Roland Lloyd Parry Countries gathered at a UN meeting on biodiversity in…
4 years ago
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