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Australian police seek pair seen with platypus on train
AFP, Published on 06/04/2023
» SYDNEY - Forget the Hollywood thriller "Snakes on a Plane", two commuters in Australia have dished up a platypus on a train.
France fails to end culling of male chicks
AFP, Published on 03/01/2023
» PARIS - An exception to a New Year's resolution by France to end the massive culling of male chicks will still allow millions to be killed, much to the consternation of animal rights activists.
School gardens a lifeline for hungry Cambodian children
Published on 06/09/2022
» Among the spinach crops at a rural Cambodian school garden, children test their maths skills while weighing produce -- but as food prices rise, the vegetable patch has become a safety net for struggling families.
Argentine family comes home after 22-year drive around the world
AFP, Published on 13/03/2022
» GUALEGUAYCHU (ARGENTINA) - An Argentine family is about to finish the trip of a lifetime: they have covered five continents in a 1928 jalopy on an adventure that began in 2000, while bringing into the world and raising four kids who are now adolescents.
Iceland, home to world's most expensive feather treasure
AFP, Published on 26/07/2021
» STYKKISHOLMUR (ICELAND) - On a remote island in Breidafjordur Bay off the west coast of Iceland, a thousand-year-old harvest takes place -- the hunt for elusive eiderdown, used to make some of the world's best duvets and quilts.
Chill life: Dinosaurs thrived in the ancient Arctic
AFP, Published on 25/06/2021
» WASHINGTON:- Dinosaur species large and small made the Arctic their year-round home and probably developed wintering strategies like hibernation or growing insulating feathers, according to a new study.
Polar bears forced to forage eggs as warming shrinks hunting grounds
AFP, Published on 07/04/2021
» PARIS - Hungry polar bears are increasingly foraging on seabird eggs as climate change shrinks their Arctic hunting grounds, but research published Wednesday on the phenomenon highlights the struggle these apex predators have to adapt to their rapidly changing environment.
China inflation surges as pork prices soar
AFP, Published on 15/10/2019
» BEIJING - China's consumer inflation accelerated at its fastest pace in almost six years in September as African swine fever sent pork prices soaring nearly 70 percent, official data showed Tuesday.
Lebanon's spearfishers fight to preserve stocks
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» TRIPOLI (LEBANON) - Hunting fish with spear guns may seem like a counterintuitive way to save Lebanon's dwindling marine life, but a growing community of freedivers argues it is a potent awareness-raising tool.
Sweden slaughters 200,000 hens on bird flu fears
AFP, Published on 26/11/2016
» STOCKHOLM: Swedish authorities say 200,000 chickens are being slaughtered at a farm where bird flu has been detected, following a resurgence in the virus across Europe.