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Killer whales spotted grooming each other with seaweed
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» PARIS - Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced on Monday, saying it was the first evidence of marine mammals making their own tools.
Korean police raid airport where Jeju Air jet crashed
AFP, Published on 02/01/2025
» SEOUL - South Korean police on Thursday raided Muan airport and the Jeju Air office Thursday morning over the crash involving a Boeing 737-800 that killed 179 people.
Indonesians seeking climate justice take aim at Swiss concrete giant
AFP, Published on 14/03/2023
» PARI ISLAND (INDONESIA) - Sitting near a wall of stacked rocks, fisherman Mustagfirin looks out to sea from the tiny Indonesian island of Pari, wondering whether his home will exist for much longer.
The controversial plan to release Fukushima plant's wastewater
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (JAPAN) - Twelve years after a nuclear catastrophe triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami, workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeast Japan are preparing to release treated wastewater into the sea.
UK start-up behind algae-based packaging bids for Earthshot glory
AFP, Published on 28/11/2022
» LONDON - A British start-up founded by two ex-students from France and Spain, crafting biodegradable packaging from marine plants, is aiming to seal royal approval this week when Prince William unveils his latest Earthshot prizes.
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.
Life in the abyss, a spectacular and fragile struggle for survival
AFP, Published on 29/06/2022
» PARIS - Cloaked in darkness and mystery, the creatures of the deep oceans exist in a world of unlikely profusion, surviving on scant food and under pressure that would crush human lungs.
Life in the abyss, a spectacular and fragile struggle for survival
AFP, Published on 28/06/2022
» PARIS: Cloaked in darkness and mystery, the creatures of the deep oceans exist in a world of unlikely profusion, surviving on scant food and under pressure that would crush human lungs.
Hunt on for great white shark that killed Sydney swimmer
AFP, Published on 17/02/2022
» SYDNEY - Sydney authorities on Thursday deployed baited lines to try to catch a giant great white shark that devoured an ocean swimmer, as beach communities in Australia's largest city were rocked by the first such attack in decades.
Orkney's seaweed-eating sheep offer hopes of greener farming
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» NORTH RONALDSAY, United Kingdom: On a tiny island in Scotland's far-flung Orkneys, thousands of sheep spend the winter munching on seaweed, a unique diet that scientists say offers hope for reducing planet-warming methane emissions.