Wildlife
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Search for single-tusked elephant after 22 killed in India rampage
Eastern region on high alert as authorities try to track animal tearing through villages in Jharkand after app…
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‘A place of darkness and light’: the uninhabited Japanese island that became a rabbit paradise
Once host to a poisonous gas research facility, Okunoshima is now an Instagram-friendly tourist destinationThe…
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, India, South and Central Asia, Thailand, Wildlife, World news
What makes an elephant abandon her calf – and is it a growing problem?
A helpless baby elephant has won the Thai public’s sympathy but her case has shed light on the pressures facin…
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Indonesia, Wildlife, World news
Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ disturbance for world’s rarest ape
Conservationists fear up to 11% of Tapanuli orangutan population perished in disaster that also killed 1,000 p…
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Baby fur seal wanders into a bar in New Zealand
The surprise visitor waddled around the pub during what’s known as ‘silly season’ where seals pop up in unexpe…
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Amid Japan’s surge in bear attacks, a torrent of AI-generated videos is adding to anxiety
Videos show schoolgirls fighting off animals, while others show people feeding bears, with some so realistic t…
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Japan deploys soldiers to contain surge in bear attacks in Akita
Close encounters reported almost daily as bears intrude into residential areas and attack and sometimes kill p…
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Bear attack survival tips released in Japan as encounters surge
Governor of one prefecture says he is considering asking the military for help to tackle increasing attacks am…
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‘A life of captivity’: Canada refuses marine park’s request to export its whales to China
Fisheries minister says rehoming Marineland’s cetaceans in China would only ‘perpetuate the treatment’ the wha…
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Threatened kārearea falcon wins New Zealand’s 2025 bird of the year
The country’s fastest bird has taken out the top prize in a scandal-free year for the annual pollNew Zealand’s…
- Animals, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, India, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news, Zoos
India’s supreme court orders inquiry into giant zoo run by son of Asia’s richest person
Activists claim Anant Ambani’s Vantara facility has no plan to return its endangered species to the wildIndia’…
- Animals, Coastlines, Environment, Fishing, India, International law, Law, Marine life, Plastics, Pollution, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, United Nations, Water, Wildlife, World news
Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans
Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a se…
- Access to water, Conservation, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, India, Kashmir, South and Central Asia, Water, Wild flowers, Wildlife, World news
Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades
Wular Lake once supported 5,000 people who harvested the plant’s edible roots, until the lake silted up after …
- Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Biodiversity, China, Energy, Environment, Hydropower, India, Renewable energy, Rivers, Tibet, Wildlife, World news
China starts building world’s biggest hydropower dam
1.2tn yuan project has broken ground in Tibet, premier says, despite fears of downstream nations India and Ban…
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Restaurant in China criticised for putting baby lion cuddles on menu
Diners jump at chance to snuggle with cubs but wildlife experts accuse firm of ‘exploiting wild animals for se…