Colourful jellyfish as pets
An animal lover in HCM City has a unique hobby of raising jellyfish at her home. She fell in love with the idea when she encountered the mesmerising creatures at an aquarium…
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Invasive species costs global economy $423 billion per year: UN report
Warmer temperatures under climate change are expected to further drive the expansion of invasive species.
Malaysians bids adieu to beloved panda cubs
Panda enthusiast Eiza Idanie, 42, was close to tears as she waved a bittersweet goodbye to the vans leaving the zoo with the cubs.
Giant panda Tian Tian’s 26th birthday celebrated in US
This marks Tian Tian's final birthday at the zoo, as he and Mei Xiang, 25-year-old, and their cub Xiao Qi Ji will leave in December and return to China.
Typhoon Goring now a super typhoon, storm signals up over 19 areas in Luzon — Pagasa
The typhoon packs maximum winds of 185 kilometres per hour near the centre and gusts of 230 kph while moving slowly south-southwest.
Efforts made to bring back red-crowned cranes from brink of extinction
The birds usually arrive from neighbouring Cambodia in December and stay until May, when it is the dry season in southern Vietnam.
Bardiya marks World Elephant Day amid growing human-wildlife conflict
The elephants have grown violent of late, due to lack of food inside the national park and also because the locals chase them away to protect their crops, said a resident whose…
Four pass away, CDC warns against consuming unknown insects
In Preah Vihear province, provincial health department director Kuong Lo identified the victims as a married couple who worked together on a farm in Choam Ksan district.
India’s changes to forest conservation laws may be more harmful than helpful: Ecologists
According to ecologists, the amendments could lead to nearly 200,000 sq km of forest land – more than a quarter of India’s forests – losing their legal protection.
Indonesian vice-president Ma’ruf Amin convenes meeting to tackle Papua drought
Six people have died since June in the mountainous Puncak district due to unusual snowfall, which was immediately followed by a prolonged dry season that impacted local crops.