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Hundreds of mounds of leaves, dirt, tree stumps and construction debris are being illegally dumped on Caltrans property in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

Controversy had trailed Timothy Adegoke’s death after he lodged at Hilton Hotel and Resort in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

AN African savannah serval, a protected feline, has been recently located in a house in Madrid. The Jungle cat was rescued by officers of the

On Feb. 15 this year, the day after Valentine’s, a two-toed sloth was checked into the government-run wildlife screening center in Manaus, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, for some much-needed TLC. The sloth, which staff had named Rainha, Portuguese for “Queen,” had previously climbed up an electricity pole and been zapped and fallen, fracturing […]

Clean-up continues after a container ship lost cargo overboard and debris ended up on BC beaches including fridges, styrofoam, and garage.

Two boxes containing hazardous chemical that fell off Danaos Corp-owned ship have yet to be found, according to Canadian Coast Guard

The Coast Guard says 106 containers, filled with things like toys and furniture, went overboard from a cargo ship during the recent BC storm.

Monday, 19 April 2021 - 6:02pm Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Honourable Vincent Wheatley said the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has had a devastating impact on the Territory’s reefs and has been found at 33 dive sites. Honourable Wheatley said in a statement titled “Update on the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease” during the Seventh Sitting of the Third Session of the Fourth House of Assembly stated that the cost of doing nothing would be tremendou...

The Norwegian wind farm, Øyfjellet, has recently seen a lawsuit filed by the Sámi herders of Nordland county, due to the apparent breaking of an agreement that stimulated its construction not interfere with reindeer migration paths. According to The Guardian, Sámi communities have taken multiple legal actions against Norway’s largest onshore wind farm over the past five years, stating that the wind farms violate their territorial and cultural rights. The Head of the Arctic and Environmenta...

[PHOTOS] Capetonians needed to help feed 1,700 rescued cormorant chicks 18 January 2021 1:29 PM Share This: SANCCOBs Research ManagerDr Katta Ludynia explains how the rescue from Robben Island came about and how the public can help. On Tuesday, 12 January 2021, over 600 abandoned Cape cormorant chicks were rescued from Robben Island. The joint project was executed by the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) , Robben Island Museum (RIM), SANCCOB, Two Oceans...