At least 27 hippos have been slaughtered in a touristy zone in western Niger by villagers who blame them for destroying crops and harming livestock, local authorities said on Thursday.
Ecology
Jul 13, 2017
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Visitors hiking the Mahogany Hammock Trail in Everglades National Park earlier this month spotted an unfamiliar snake. It turned out to be a brand-new invasive species.
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2021
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Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted twice on Sunday, sending clouds of grey ash 6,000 metres into the sky, the country's geological agency said.
Environment
Jun 21, 2020
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Large-scale heavy metal pollution, coastal erosion and seawater intrusion pose an existential threat to the Nile River Delta and endanger 60 million people (about twice the population of Texas) in Egypt who depend on its ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 9, 2023
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Australia Post workers are suffering more dog attacks than before with 1,170 incidents so far this financial year—up 400 on the same time in 2021.
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2022
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A Swedish orienteering enthusiast working on a map earlier in April stumbled across a stash of some 50 Bronze Age relics dating back over 2,500 years, authorities said Thursday.
Archaeology
Apr 29, 2021
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Our fixation with Gross Domestic Product for over half a century as the primary indicator of economic health has rendered nature "invisible" from national finances, intensifying the biosphere's destruction by omitting its ...
Economics & Business
Dec 14, 2020
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Hundreds of villagers who live in the shadow of the Western Hemisphere's deadliest volcano, Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz, have been on edge for nearly a month ever since the 17,000-foot-tall mountain started spewing plumes ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2023
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A China-funded project to bottle water from Russia's Lake Baikal has caused a backlash in Siberia, where people are increasingly angry about what they see as a Chinese land-grab.
Environment
Mar 16, 2019
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Two strong earthquakes jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, authorities said, with the second damaging buildings and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of villagers from their homes.
Environment
Mar 7, 2023
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