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The Trump administration announced sweeping changes in August to the nearly 50-year-old Endangered Species Act that scientists say will weaken how wildlife is protected, while at the same time making it easier for gas and oil drilling, as well as development,…

Hundreds of wildfires burned across Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra on Tuesday, producing thick clouds of smoke that disrupted air travel, forced schools to close and sickened many thousands of people. Poorly equipped firefighters were unable to bring them unde…

MY TRUSTY COLLEAGUE   By Sir David Attenborough    Catching sight on television of a wildlife cameraman in the wilderness was once not an easy thing to do.  But then, quite suddenly, that changed.  Natural history programmes were followed by short films w…

As sea levels rise, Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is sinking; a large chunk of the city is already below sea level. That’s one reason that the megalopolis now plans to partially relocate, moving government offices, and as many as 1.5 million government e…

As sea levels rise, Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is sinking; a large chunk of the city is already below sea level. That’s one reason that the megalopolis now plans to partially relocate, moving government offices, and as many as 1.5 million government e…

(Bloomberg) -- Want to receive this post in your inbox every day? Sign up for the Balance of Power newsletter, and follow Bloomberg Politics on Twitter and Facebook for more. The Group of Seven summit that wraps today in Biarrtiz definitely had its contentio…

Delegates from 120 countries on Sunday adopted a proposal to protect 18 threatened species of sharks and rays, including makos, at the CITES global wildlife trade summit in Geneva, Switzerland. The species will be listed on the Convention of International Tr…

The speaker of New Zealands parliament, Trevor Mallard, has followed in the footsteps of politicians around the world by babysitting while presiding over a political debate. Labour MP Tmati Coffey attended parliament for the first time since his paternity le…

A man in his mid-70s has been bitten at a party by a crocodile which once belonged to Fidel Castro. The pensioner was attending a private party at the Skansen Aquarium in Stockholm. He had his arm on the wrong side of the security glass and was then bitten …

A senior Croatian diplomat has been suspended and recalled to the country from Berlin for Facebook posts which have been described as racist, xenophobic and homophobic. Alongside images of sandy beaches on the Adriatic coast, Elizabeta Madjarevic wrote in En…