Nature / Wildlife
Shark kills swimmer in Sydney’s first fatal attack in decades
SYDNEY (Reuters) -A shark killed a swimmer off a Sydney beach on Wednesday in the city's first fatal attack in...
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Arctic seed vault to receive rare deposits
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - A vault built on an Arctic mountainside to preserve the world's crop seeds from...
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In Venezuela, damage from party on sacred mountain spurs outrage
By Maria Ramirez PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela (Reuters) - A birthday party held on a mountain sacred to indigenous Venezuelans has...
Read moreFrench national among six killed in Benin attack, sources say
DAKAR (Reuters) - A French national was among six people killed during an ambush on park rangers in northern Benin...
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On Peru’s protected Fishermen’s Island, birds are still dying a month after oil spill
By Marcelo Rochabrun ISLA PESCADORES, Peru (Reuters) - Peppered with fishing boats and thousands of hungry marine birds, from afar...
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Italy makes constitution greener, environmentalists call for action
By Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) -Italian politicians and activists praised a new law building protection of the...
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NGOs ask EU to stop Poland building border wall in primeval forest
WARSAW (Reuters) - More than 150 non-governmental organisations are asking the European Commission to intervene to halt the construction of...
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From sewage dump to nature reserve, UN hopes to save Gaza Valley
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - The United Nations is set to begin the restoration of a historic valley in...
Read moreWestern Australian officials warn of catastrophic bushfire conditions
(Reuters) - Western Australian officials warned on Saturday of forecast "extreme to catastrophic fire conditions" as a large bushfire burned...
Read moreIndonesia declares two villages anthrax red zones after cattle deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities have declared two villages on Java island red zones and banned livestock movement from the...
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Attenborough, WHO, Tsikhanouskaya among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) - British nature broadcaster David Attenborough, the World Health Organization and Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya...
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Penguins offer varied clues to Antarctic climate change
(Refiles to match media identifier with visuals, text unchanged) By Gloria Dickie and Natalie Thomas ABOARD THE MV ARCTIC SUNRISE,...
Read moreBird flu discovered at Dutch farm; over 160,000 chickens to be culled
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Authorities have discovered an outbreak of what they suspect is the highly-contagious bird flu strain at...
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Australia boosts spending to protect koalas
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will spend an additional A$50 million ($35 million) in the next four years to protect koala...
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French pet care firm stops selling fish bowls – they drive fish mad
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - A leading French aquarium vendor has decided to stop selling round fish bowls...
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Hong Kong warns people to stop trying to prevent COVID hamster cull
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police will deal with pet lovers who try to stop people giving up their...
Read morePristine coral reef unblemished by warming oceans found off Tahiti
PARIS (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered a pristine, 3-km (1.8-mile) long reef of giant rose-shaped corals off the coast of...
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Indonesia aims to get mangrove restoration back on track in 2022
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia aims to restore 150,000 hectares of degraded mangroves this year, after rehabilitating about a quarter of...
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Peru says oil spill caused by Tonga waves is an ‘ecological disaster’
(Refiles to edit headline) By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - An oil spill at a refinery in Peru during high...
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With eagles and elephants, Philippines lures public for ‘zoo jabs’
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines opened a zoo on Wednesday as a makeshift vaccination centre in the hope its elephants...
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