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North Sea shell survey brings out volunteers
AFP, Published on 26/03/2023
» MIDDELKERKE (BELGIUM) - Hundreds of volunteers descended on the beaches of the North Sea coast this weekend to collect sea shells as a measure of the sea's biological diversity.
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.
Walrus that attracted crowds in Oslo fjord euthanised
AFP, Published on 15/08/2022
» OSLO - A walrus nicknamed Freya that attracted crowds while basking in the Oslo fjord was euthanised on Sunday, with Norway officials saying it was the only option but experts slamming an "infinitely sad" decision.
Poaching of 'status symbol' date mussels threatens Italy's coasts
AFP, Published on 12/08/2022
» MONOPOLI (ITALY) - Off the rocky coast of southeastern Italy, two scuba divers from the financial crimes police bob in and out of the blue waters, under the curious gaze of vacationers.
Hatchery reviving Britain's near-extinct local oysters
AFP, Published on 24/04/2021
» PORTSMOUTH (UNITED KINGDOM) - Decimated by over-fishing and pollution, British oysters could make a comeback as a hatchery in the Channel port city of Portsmouth is helping to revive a native species.
Do octopuses have dreams? Tiny ones, probably
AFP, Published on 26/03/2021
» WASHINGTON: An octopus named Marshmallow lies at rest at the bottom of her tank, suddenly shifting in color from a pale white-green to brown and then orange, as her muscles twitch, suckers contract and her closed eyes shift around.
Manmade noise a 'major global pollutant': study
AFP, Published on 20/11/2019
» PARIS - It is well known that human hubbub can have a negative impact on some animals, but a new study Wednesday says the noise we make should be treated as a "major global pollutant".
In the deserts of Dubai, salmon farming thrives
AFP, Published on 19/11/2019
» DUBAI - From a control room in the middle of Dubai's desert, Norway's sunrises and sunsets and the cool currents of the Atlantic are recreated for the benefit of thousands of salmon raised in tanks despite searing conditions outside.
Over half of Europe's endemic trees risk extinction
AFP, Published on 27/09/2019
» GENEVA: More than half of Europe's endemic tree species, including the horse-chestnut, risk extinction, conservationists warned Friday, blaming invasive species, unsustainable logging and urban development for their decline.
Farmers on the cash trail with snail slime
AFP, Published on 20/07/2019
» NAKHON NAYOK: Giant snails inch across a plate of pumpkin and cucumber in central Thailand, an "organic" diet to tease the prized collagen-rich mucus from the molluscs, which to some cosmetic firms are now more valuable than gold.