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Australia welcomes its first new-born elephant

AFP - 3 hours 10 mins ago

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia has welcomed the first elephant ever born in the country with the arrival of a 100-kilogram (220.4-pound) male calf at a Sydney zoo, according to keepers. More »

Another endangered elephant dies in Indonesia: WWF
AFP - Thursday, July 2 05:15 pm
JAKARTA (AFP) - An elephant calf has starved to death in Indonesia, the eighth endangered Sumatran elephant to have died in the wild since May, environmental group WWF said Thursday. More »
Green power saved Earth from iceball fate
AFP - Wednesday, July 1 06:21 pm
PARIS (AFP) - Vegetation helped save Earth from runaway cooling that would have encased the planet in ice, according to a study published on Wednesday. More »
Namibian animal rights activist bids to stop seal slaughter
AFP - Wednesday, July 1 05:06 pm
WINDHOEK (AFP) - In a bid to save tens of thousands of baby seals being killed for their fur, Namibia animal rights activist are rushing to raise millions of dollars to buy out a fur company that buys the pelts. More »
WWF urges action to protect Borneo rhino's habitat
AFP - Wednesday, July 1 12:06 pm
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The future of one of the world's rarest animals, the Borneo rhino, depends on action taken to protect the forest reserves where it lives, conservation group WWF said Wednesday. More »
French woman named head of renewables agency
AFP - Tuesday, June 30 05:12 pm
CAIRO (AFP) - France's Helene Pelosse was elected on Tuesday to head the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at a meeting in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt's state news agency MENA announced. More »
Australians warned off 'Migaloo' the white whale
AFP - Tuesday, June 30 05:10 pm
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian officials on Tuesday warned the public to stay away from "Migaloo," a much-loved white humpback whale who has reappeared off the eastern coast. More »
Australia's misunderstood dingo exported to the world
AFP - Tuesday, June 30 04:44 am
TOOLERN VALE, Australia (AFP) - An Australian wildlife sanctuary is carving out a niche exporting dingoes to foreign zoos, aiming to preserve rare bloodlines and shatter misconceptions about the native dog. More »
Abu Dhabi to host renewables agency
AFP - Monday, June 29 07:46 pm
CAIRO (AFP) - Abu Dhabi, capital of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, will host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), participants said, despite criticism of its high carbon footprint. More »
Moon-lovers remember Apollo with radio chit-chat
Reuters - Monday, June 29 07:52 pm
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Radio hams and amateur astronomers around the world spent the weekend bouncing radio conversations off the Moon to one another in commemoration of the Apollo 11 landings 40 years ago, organisers in Australia said on Sunday. More »