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Sixteen bear cubs rescued from home in Laos
Sixteen undernourished Asiatic black bear cubs have been found in a home in Laos capital Vientiane by a conservation charity, the...
Rights court condemns Peru over one of world's mos...
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights said Friday that Peru had violated residents' "right to live in a healthy environment" in...
'Good boy!' Dogs do understand us, says new study
Whether dogs truly understand the words we say -- as opposed to things like tone and context clues -- is a question that has long...
UN warns against thirsty tech to solve water crisi...
The world needs to better manage its freshwater resources but thirsty new technologies touted as solutions could lead to "serious...
Global sea level jumped due to El Nino and climate...
Global average sea level rose by about 0.3 inches (0.76 centimeters) from 2022 to 2023 -- nearly four times the increase of the pr...
Climate change hits Washington's beloved cherry bl...
It is one of the prettier fixtures of spring in Washington: thousands of cherry trees bloom amid the city's stately monuments in a...
Climate urgency takes back seat in Senegal electio...
Surrounded by lush mangrove forests, Julien Arfang Diatta shows the flooded road leading to his village on Senegal's tiny island o...
Top French court studies fate of 'Europe's largest...
France's top administrative court is to decide if a three-tonne hippopotamus called Jumbo should be freed after decades working as...
Biden admin unveils strict auto standards to speed...
President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday revised pollution standards for cars and trucks meant to accelerate the U...
Vietnam farmers struggle for fresh water as drough...
Every day, farmer Nguyen Hoai Thuong prays in vain for rain to fall on the cracked dry earth of her garden in Vietnam's Mekong Del...
European plastics industry 'in trouble' as market...
Europe's share of global plastics production has fallen while China's output now accounts for a third, an industry report showed T...
Climate activists disrupt Rome marathon
will Three activists from climate movement Last Generation briefly interrupted the Rome marathon on Sunday before police arrested...
In Chile, a lawyer and his dog 'plog' to raise rec...
It's still dark out, but Chilean lawyer Gonzalo Chiang and his dog Sam are already out jogging and collecting rubbish in Santiago'...
Darwin's Galapagos island species, protected yet s...
Industrial fishing boats hover menacingly on the edges of Ecuador's Galapagos Marine Reserve, where schools of multicolored fish a...
Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai tops world's most...
Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai was blanketed by hazy smog Friday, as residents and visitors to the usually picturesque northern c...
Turkish ministers in Baghdad talks ahead of Erdoga...
A high-ranking Turkish delegation held talks in Baghdad on Thursday, discussing key security and energy issues ahead of an expecte...
Rangers hunt endangered Indonesian tigers after de...
Indonesian rangers along with an animal whisperer are hunting multiple critically endangered Sumatran tigers after two villagers w...
Paris 2024 hopes to be model for lower-carbon Olym...
This year's Paris Olympics will use renewable energy, serve lots of vegetarian meals and heavily restrict plastic bottles, but can...
Adagio in sea: Coral larvae 'settle near sounds of...
Audio recordings of healthy reefs -- an underwater chorus of fish songs and crackles from snapping shrimp -- may help efforts to r...
Giant redwoods thriving in the UK: experts
Endangered giant redwood trees are thriving in the UK but could also be significantly contributing to capturing carbon emissions,...
Musk visits Tesla's sabotage-hit German factory
Elon Musk travelled Wednesday to Tesla's factory near Berlin to lend his workers "support" after the plant was forced to halt prod...
Water cuts add to frustrations ahead of S.Africa v...
Anger is mounting in some Johannesburg districts left without water for more than a week, fewer than three months before general e...
Smog and sick kids: Thai pupils endure air polluti...
Hundreds of Thai children strain to sing the national anthem, reedy voices and fragile lungs competing against eight lanes of belc...
Colombia's Caribbean jewel slowly sinking as sea w...
A skeleton lies exposed to the elements as turquoise Caribbean waters lap the shores near a shattered tomb -- a grisly reminder th...
Poo bags and trackers: Nepal orders new Everest ru...
Nepal has ordered Everest mountaineers to carry mandatory trackers after one of the deadliest seasons last year -- and remove thei...
Flying high: UK's modern-day green airship takes s...
Britain's innovative Airlander 10 airship could soon take to the skies to offer leisure passengers panoramic views and far less po...
'It was an oasis': Mexico City frets about water
Agustin Garcia looks with dismay at the dry bed of the lake where he once fished for a living -- a symptom of the water problems f...
Greenpeace calls for high seas protected area in G...
Greenpeace on Monday called for the creation of a high seas marine protected zone under a new UN treaty to secure a much wider are...
Youths having to grow up 'too quickly' amid climat...
Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg said Monday that young people like her have had to grow up "too quickly" to resolve a cl...
Paris must have 'plan B' for open water swimming:...
Brazilian swimmer Ana Marcela Cunha, the reigning Olympic open water champion, has called on organisers of this year's Paris Games...
Warmest US winter on record
This winter was the warmest ever recorded in the United States, data showed Friday -- the latest sign the world is moving towards...
Australia's Great Barrier Reef in grip of 'mass bl...
A "mass bleaching event" is unfolding on Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef, authorities said Friday, as warming seas threaten t...