Animals
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Sauntering on streets and grazing on lawns: what happens when rhinos move into town?
In one Nepali village, the resident rhinos are a conservation success story and attract thousands of visitors,…
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Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year
Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy …
- Animals, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Shot, poisoned and beaten to death: why leopard killings are soaring in Pakistan
A wave of incidents threatens the survival of the species in the country, say conservationistsInside the Pakis…
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‘Total chaos’: Monkey blamed for nationwide power cut in Sri Lanka
Energy minister says monkey ‘came into contact with grid transformer’, causing hours-long outage in sweltering…
- Animals, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Fishing, India, Marine life, Oceans, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
More than 1,100 dead sea turtles washed up along southern India’s coastline
The mass death of once-endangered olive ridley turtles in January has prompted an increase in wildlife patrols…
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Elephant in the womb? Thailand brings in birth control for pachyderms
Authorities are hoping to to slow population growth and curb conflict with humansThailand will begin giving bi…
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Mittens the cat becomes accidental frequent flyer after being left on a plane by mistake
Maine Coon made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia after being missed by baggage handle…
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Japan aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish by taping photos of human faces to its tank
Staff had noticed that the sunfish was showing signs of distress after the aquarium was closed for refurbishme…
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Japan’s ‘cat island’ falls victim to demographic crisis
Famous for felines that outnumber its humans, Aoshima is also emblematic of a deeper trend afflicting the coun…
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Living with lions: the New Zealand city where humans and sea lions co-exist
Dunedin is grappling with the question of how to manage a growing sea lion population in a busy urban areaIf a…
- Animals, Conservation, Denmark, Environment, Environmental activism, Europe, Greenland, Japan, Marine life, Protest, Whales, Whaling, World news
Whaling activist Paul Watson celebrates release from jail after Denmark refuses extradition to Japan
US-Canadian founder of Sea Shepherd, who was arrested in Greenland in July, will now spend Christmas with his …
- Animals, Conservation, Culture, Documentary films, Environment, Film, India, Insects, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Nocturnes review – entrancing film on how to study moths by night in the Himalayas
Sparse and precise, this meditative film immerses the viewer in the world of lepidopterist Mansi Mungee and he…
- Animals, Antarctica, Australia news, China, Conservation, Environment, Fish, Fishing, Food, Marine life, Russia, Wildlife, World news
‘Very bad precedent’: China and Russia team up to undermine krill fishing restrictions in Antarctica
Conservationists warn actions and ambitions of two super powers could lead to overexploitation of vital food s…
- Animal behaviour, Animal welfare, Animals, Biodiversity, Climate crisis, Conservation, Deforestation, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, India, IUCN red list of endangered species, Oil and gas companies, Primatology, Science, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Guardians of the Gibbons: animal-human harmony hangs in the balance
For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the…
- Animal behaviour, Animal welfare, Animals, Biodiversity, Climate crisis, Conservation, Deforestation, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, India, IUCN red list of endangered species, Oil and gas companies, Primatology, Science, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Guardians of the Gibbons: can India save its only ape species from extinction?
For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the…