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Mexican fishermen join fight to save extraordinary amphibian
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» SAN JERóNIMO PURENCHECUARO — After decades working as a fisherman on a high-altitude Mexican lake, Froylan Correa is now helping to save an endangered amphibian with gills resembling a lion's mane and a remarkable regenerative ability.
Climate change primary driver of amphibian decline: study
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» PARIS - Climate change has become the main factor driving amphibians towards extinction as they remained the most threatened vertebrates over the past two decades, according to research published on Wednesday.
Red Sky at New Year’s night
Holiday Time, Published on 15/12/2022
» What is New Year’s Eve without the feeling of being on top of the world? It’s a question diners and imbibers at Red Sky, the elevated alter to epicureanism and hedonism atop Centara Grand at CentralWorld, may find impossible to imagine this next 31st December. Their clear and present geo position will leave no doubt that they are indeed riding high both physically and viscerally.
The murderer next door
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 15/03/2021
» Murder Among The Mormons is a Netflix docu-series in the true-crime subgenre that probes the viciousness of the criminal mind. In this case, it looks at the unassuming family man, Mark Hofmann, who led a double life.
China's animal trade to spawn more viral outbreaks: experts
AFP, Published on 26/01/2020
» SHANGHAI - The animal-borne SARS virus 17 years ago was supposed to be a wake-up call about consuming wildlife as food, but scientists say China's latest epidemic indicates that the practice remains widespread and a growing risk to human health.
Expert: China's animal trade to bring more outbreaks
AFP, Published on 26/01/2020
» SHANGHAI: The animal-borne Sars virus 17 years ago was supposed to be a wakeup call about consuming wildlife as food, but scientists say China's latest epidemic indicates that the practice remains widespread and a growing risk to human health.
Chinese cooking star kills, chops up rare giant salamander on camera
Published on 17/03/2019
» A down-to-earth video chef with more than 10 million online fans was not expecting the stir he created when he introduced his audience to the art of preparing a meal out of a critically endangered giant salamander -- after killing it in front of the camera.
Meat Me in Manhattan
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 19/12/2018
» Arguably the definitive Manhattan grill room, the movie-set ready Bull & Bear at the storied Waldorf Astoria New York, is also now wide awake and in the finest of fettles at the pinnacle of uptown Bangkok.
Nuns get hands dirty, and wet, to save Mexican salamander
AFP, Published on 13/09/2018
» PATZCUARO, Mexico: Rolling up the sleeves of her immaculate white habit, Sister Ofelia Morales Francisco plunges her hands into an aquarium, grabs a large, slimy salamander and lifts it dripping into the air.
Giant Chinese salamander speeding toward extinction: study
AFP, Published on 21/05/2018
» TAMPA - The world's largest amphibians, giant Chinese salamanders, were once thought to be widespread but now face imminent extinction due to illegal poaching and hunting as a luxury food, researchers said Monday.