The world’s saddest monkey… in Aleppo Zoo
With a name meaning ‘happy’ in Arabic, Saeed the monkey was the star attraction of a zoo in Aleppo thanks to his cheerful demeanor. But ever since the Syrian city has been on the...
Fishing pressure risks erasing largest marine animals
Humans risk causing a mass extinction of large sea creatures on a scale never before seen because of overfishing, scientists warned this week. If the biggest fish vanish, their loss will have...
Beirut Weather Forecast
Today’s weather in Lebanon is expected to be partly cloudy in general and specifically foggy in the mountain range, with no change in temperature, the meteorology department at Beirut I...
Calgary Zoo honoured for whooping crane conservation efforts
Being honoured for its efforts to restore the once critically endangered whooping crane to the wild is a true feather in the cap for the Calgary Zoo, officials say. The zoo is being recognized,...
Getting Iowa farmers to embrace the ‘C’ word
Iowa Public Television host Mike Pearson asked farmer Kevin Jesse a question that could be critical to the state’s efforts to improve its ailing water quality: What do you say to a farmer who...
Weather damage: first estimates for Spanish tomato growers
The Spanish Agricultural Insurance System, Agroseguro, has announced a first payment tranche for the total losses caused by the rain in July, totalled at EUR15.5 million (USD17.4 mln). Tomato...
NASA Begins Study of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
A NASA airborne mission designed to transform our understanding of Earth’s valuable and ecologically sensitive coral reefs has set up shop in Australia for a two-month investigation of the...
Dogs and flares arrive to save polar-bear besieged Arctic weather station
A helicopter today delivered dogs and flares to the polar-bear besieged Russian Arctic weather station on the Troynoy island in the Kara Sea, Vassiliy Shevchenko, the head of the Sevgidromet State...
