Intensive farming heightens pandemic risk: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Intensive farming makes future pandemics such as COVID-19 more likely as wild animals…
6 years ago
Environment
Brazil firefighters race to contain wetland blazes
by Rogerio FLORENTINO, with Jordi MIRO in Brasilia PROCONE, Brazil (AFP) -- A tractor cuts a firebreak through the vegetation…
6 years ago
Leopards, wolves vanishing from panda conservation areas: study
by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — It may be one of the most recognisable symbols of conservation,…
6 years ago
Firefighters struggle to contain blaze in southern California
LOS ANGELES, California (AFP) — More than 1,300 firefighters were battling a blaze that was burning out of control Sunday…
6 years ago
Plague to protein: Israeli firm seeks to put locusts on the menu
by Jonah MANDEL Agence France-Presse GOLAN HEIGHTS, Undefined (AFP) — From biblical plague to modern day protein, one Israeli firm…
6 years ago
Brazilian Amazon fires surge in July
by Joshua Howat Berger Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The number of forest fires in the Brazilian…
6 years ago
Fires triple in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands in 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The number of forest fires in the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetlands, has nearly…
6 years ago
Much maligned elsewhere, bats get star treatment in central France
by Maxime MAMET Agence France-Presse BOURGES, France (AFP) — At a museum in central France, researchers tenderly feed insects and kitten…
6 years ago
Reef tales: candid cams reveal shark populations in decline
by Sara HUSSEIN TOKYO, Japan (APF) -- An unprecedented global survey has revealed a shocking decline in the number of…
6 years ago
Greta Thunberg donates million-euro rights prize to green groups
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) -- Climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Monday awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the…
6 years ago
Russian wildfire smoke chokes Siberian cities
by Maria ANTONOVA MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Smoke from raging forest fires in Siberia on Thursday filled cities as officials…
6 years ago
160 turtles caught in plastic waste rescued from Bangladesh beach
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) -- About 160 sea turtles, many of them injured after getting entangled in plastic waste, have…
6 years ago
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