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Scientists find surprising sex reversal in Australian birds
AFP, Published on 14/08/2025
» SYDNEY - Scientists have documented a surprising rate of sex reversal in wild Australian birds, a phenomenon that could be explained by rising pollution or other environmental triggers.
Funny old world: The week's offbeat news
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» PARIS - From the Lazy Olympics to the toilet that knows all about you... Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.
Biggest Loch Ness monster search begins
AFP, Published on 26/08/2023
» DRUMNADROCHIT, Scotland: The biggest search for the Loch Ness Monster in five decades got under way in the Scottish Highlands on Saturday, as researchers and enthusiasts from around the world braved pelting rain to try to track down the elusive Nessie.
New species of snake found in Peru named after Harrison Ford
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» LIMA - Scientists working in Peru have named a new species of snake after Harrison Ford in honor of the "Indiana Jones" actor's support for conservation work.
Snake escape shuts down Swedish zoo
AFP, Published on 24/10/2022
» STOCKHOLM: A Swedish zoo has been partially shut down after a king cobra staged an impressive escape from its enclosure at the weekend, with staff on Monday still searching for the venomous vagrant.
Trouser snakes: US smuggler admits carrying reptiles in pants
AFP, Published on 25/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES - A man who hid snakes and lizards in his trousers as he tried to sneak them into the United States as part of a $750,000 reptile smuggling enterprise faces decades in prison, officials said Wednesday.
Iguanas reproducing on Galapagos island century after disappearing
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» QUITO: A land iguana that disappeared more than a century ago from one of the Galapagos Islands is reproducing naturally following its reintroduction there, Ecuador's environment ministry announced Monday.
Greek firefighters in uphill battle to save famed natural park
AFP, Published on 25/07/2022
» ATHENS - Greek firefighters on Monday battled a raging fire threatening the Dadia National Park, known for its black vulture colony, as the country scorched under a blistering heatwave.
'Death shadow' dinosaur unearthed in Argentina
AFP, Published on 04/05/2022
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentine paleontologists have announced the discovery of an apex-predator dinosaur that measured three stories from nose to tail and eviscerated its prey with sharp, curved claws.
Giant tooth of ancient marine reptile discovered in Alps
AFP, Published on 28/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: The fossils of three ichthyosaurs -- giant marine reptiles that patrolled primordial oceans -- have been discovered high up in the Swiss Alps, and include the largest ever tooth found for the species, a study said Thursday.