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Du30 to China: Back off from Pag-asa
President Rodrigo Duterte has warned Beijing to back off from a disputed island in the South China Sea, warning of possible military action if China “touches” it amid rising tensions over the key waterway. Duterte, aiming ...
- April 6, 2019
Prawn farms destroying nation's fish nurseries
She helped turn many of the world's prawn farmers into millionaires, but Jurgenne Primavera now worries that her life's work might have indirectly accelerated the destruction of fish nurseries. The Filipino zoologist, whose ...
- April 11, 2008
Untouched ocean habitats rapidly shrinking - study
Shipping, pollution, and overfishing have reduced areas of "wilderness" to just 13 percent of the world's oceans, a study showed on Friday (July 27), warning that untouched marine habitats could completely vanish within ...
- July 28, 2018
Whales under threat as climate change impacts migration
The sight of thousands of whales surfacing, jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate toward their breeding grounds is one of nature’s most majestic displays. But global warming is killing off their ...
- December 12, 2015
Jellyfish sting: Antidote found
Australian researchers believe they have found an antidote to a sting from the world's most venomous creature, the much-feared box jellyfish. Researchers at the University of Sydney had been investigating how the venom is ...
- May 2, 2019
Experts detect 'mass death' of sea life off Russia's Kamchatka
Pollution off the Pacific shoreline of the remote Kamchatka peninsula has caused the mass death of marine creatures, Russian scientists said Tuesday. Locals sounded the alarm in late Sept. as surfers experienced stinging ...
- October 8, 2020
Expert says recycling rubble to save mountains, rivers, beaches
Recycling rubble, particularly in countries pummeled by war, is one way to limit environmental damage caused by extracting sand and rock, according to Pascal Peduzzi of UN Environment. Extraction of sand and gravel cannot ...
- September 2, 2019
Sneezing monkey, ‘walking’ fish found in Himalayas: WWF report
A monkey that sneezes when it rains and a “walking” fish are among more than 200 species discovered in the ecologically fragile eastern Himalayas in recent years, according to conservation group Worldwide Fund for Nature ...
- October 7, 2015
Pollution even in earth's farthest reaches: ocean study
Banned chemicals are tainting tiny crustaceans that inhabit the deepest ocean, a study said Monday – the first evidence that humans are polluting even the farthest reaches of our planet. Even at depths of nearly 11 kilometres ...
- February 17, 2017
'Gone to hell': The battle to save Europe's oldest lake
Dimitar Pendoski marches to the end of a rickety walkway, skips around sunbathing youngsters, and sweeps back a tarpaulin protecting his empty lakeside restaurant, recently closed by officials under pressure from UNESCO. ...
- July 4, 2021