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Racing towards great white sharks in Australia
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» SYDNEY - Sensible people might prefer to flee at torpedo speed from a great white shark, but there’s one job in Australia that pays you to race towards the predators.
The eye-opening science of close encounters with polar bears
AFP, Published on 22/07/2025
» LONGYEARBYEN - It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear -- one of the most dangerous predators on the planet -- on an Arctic ice floe.
First severe bird flu case in US sparks alarm
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - An elderly patient in Louisiana is in a "critical condition" with severe avian influenza, US authorities announced Wednesday, the first serious human case in the country as fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic.
Live worm found in Australian woman's brain
AFP, Published on 29/08/2023
» SYDNEY: A parasitic roundworm typically found in snakes was pulled "alive and wriggling" from a woman's brain in a stomach-churning medical first, Australian doctors said on Tuesday.
New Zealand fights to save its flightless national bird
AFP, Published on 29/04/2023
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand's treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington's verdant hills for the first time in a century, after a drive to eliminate invasive predators from the capital's surrounds.
Their time to slime: who will be 'Mollusc of the Year'?
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» PARIS - Will you choose beauty? The carnivorous Wavy Bubble Snail, perhaps, with its billowing skirts shimmering under UV light. Or will it be age? Like the venerable 500-year-old Methuselah oyster.
Bird flu detected in mammals but risk to humans low: experts
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» PARIS - Experts have warned that the recent detection of bird flu in mammals including foxes, otters, minks, seals and even grizzly bears is concerning but emphasised that the virus would have to significantly mutate to spread between humans.
Croatia set to enter euro, borderless Europe club
AFP, Published on 31/12/2022
» ZAGREB - Croatia was counting down the hours on Saturday ahead of a switch to the euro and entry into Europe's passport-free zone -- two major milestones for the country after joining the EU nearly a decade ago.
Battle to save ghostly Balkan lynx from extinction
AFP, Published on 18/11/2022
» GORICA (ALBANIA) - In mountains overlooking an azure lake in southeast Albania, wildlife experts are tracking the Balkan lynx as part of last-gasp efforts to save the species from extinction.
Receding ice leaves Canada's polar bears at rising risk
AFP, Published on 30/09/2022
» CHURCHILL (CANADA) - Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian polar bear sits under a dazzling sun, his white fur utterly useless as camouflage.