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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.
Loch Ness struggles with Scotland's shifting climate
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» INVERNESS (UNITED KINGDOM) - Around Scotland's Loch Ness, famous for hosting a mythical monster in its murky depths, another prolonged dry spell earlier this year has heightened fears of a different kind.
'Floating toilets' help Cambodia's lake-dwelling poor
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» SIEM REAP (CAMBODIA) - Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si Vorn fights back tears as she recalls her four-year-old daughter dying from diarrhoea after playing in the polluted lake.
Two thirds of reef sharks and rays risk extinction: study
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» PARIS - Nearly two thirds of the sharks and rays that live among the world's corals are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Tuesday, with a warning this could further imperil precious reefs.
Industry lobbies against biodiversity goals: research
AFP, Published on 09/12/2022
» PARIS - Lobbyists for pesticide and fertiliser producers are pushing "behind the scenes" against stronger protection for species and ecosystems at the COP15 biodiversity conference, research showed Thursday.
'Where are the mackerel?' Alarm as Bosphorus fish stocks crash
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» ISTANBUL - Despondent Sunday anglers watch crestfallen as a trawler winches an enormous net out of the waters of the Bosphorus.
Wildlife populations plunge 69% since 1970: WWF
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» PARIS: Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70% in the last 50 years, according to a landmark assessment released Thursday that highlights "devastating" losses to nature due to human activity.
Beaten and robbed: Vietnamese fisherman recounts China attacks
AFP, Published on 05/10/2022
» LY SON (VIETNAM): Vietnamese fisherman Nguyen Van Loc has been attacked by Chinese coast guard vessels so many times, he has lost count.
Pelosi defies China threats and lands in Taiwan
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» TAIPEI - United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday evening, defying a string of increasingly stark warnings and threats from China that have sent tensions between the world's two superpowers soaring.
China warns US will 'pay the price' if Pelosi visits Taiwan
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» The United States will "pay the price" if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan during her Asia trip, China warned Tuesday, as tensions between the two superpowers continued to soar.