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Fishing crews fear 5-year recovery after oil spill
AFP, Published on 31/01/2022
» The nightly armada of bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand, as devastated local crews brace for lost income and damaged fish stocks.
Govt plots sustainable comeback for Phi Phi islands
AFP, Published on 07/12/2021
» KRABI: While travel stopped and the world locked down, in the dazzling blue waters of the idyllic Phi Phi islands, a gentle renaissance was underway.
Meet Thailand's secret weapon in climate change battle
AFP, Published on 02/03/2020
» Bangkok's future hangs in the balance.
Climate-change bleaching hits world's southernmost coral reef
AFP, Published on 03/04/2019
» SYDNEY: The world's southernmost coral reef has been hit by bleaching this summer, Australian scientists said on Wednesday, as they warned rising sea temperatures from climate change were affecting even the most isolated ecosystems.
Garfield beach phone mystery solved after 30 years
AFP, Published on 29/03/2019
» PLOUARZEL, France: For more than 30 years bright orange "Garfield" phones have been washing up on the French coast to the bemusement of local beach cleaners, who have finally cracked the mystery behind them.
Giant tortoise thought extinct found on Galapagos
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» QUITO: Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a live giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than a century ago.
The rescue: How it unfolded
AFP, Published on 03/07/2018
» After nine days trapped in a flooded Thai cave 12 boys and their football coach have been found alive in a miraculous rescue.
Tourism surge lashes Southeast Asia's beaches
AFP, Published on 11/04/2018
» KOH PHI PHI LEY, Krabi: Hordes of tourists clamber across the white sand with selfie sticks as park rangers wade into turquoise waters to direct boats charging into the cliff-ringed cove.
Cobra blood for Cobra Gold marines
AFP, Published on 20/02/2018
» SATTAHIP: US and Thai marines slurped snake blood and ate scorpions in a jungle survival programme on Monday as part of the annual Cobra Gold war games.
Singapore aquarium diver killed by stingray
AFP, Published on 05/10/2016
» SINGAPORE - A Singaporean diver has died after being struck on the chest by stingray in a closed underwater attraction in the city-state, the aquarium's owners said on Wednesday.