VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGTONGA TSUNAMI CAUSES 'MAJOR CATASTROPHE' IN PERUGovernment says Repsol spilled some 6,000 barrels of oil into the ocean last week near its La Pampilla refinery, which the company blamed on unusual waves triggered by a volcanic eruption in Tonga. Al Jazeera1 day agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGDIVERS DISCOVER RARE 'PRISTINE' CORAL REEF OFF TAHITIScientists have discovered a rare coral reef off the coast of Tahiti. Despite global warming, this stretch of sea in the South Pacific has kept its underwater biodiversity thriving. Al Jazeera3 days agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGHONG KONG CULLS THOUSANDS OF HAMSTERS AFTER OUTBREAKThe city will also stop the sale of hamsters and the import of small mammals, according to officials from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. The pet shop employee tested posit... Al Jazeera3 days agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGREFUGE FOR ENDANGERED PENGUINS OPENS IN CAPE TOWNPenguins have lived in South Africa for millions of years but the adorable little birds are in danger. The population of the Cape Penguins has dropped by half in the past two decades because of c... France 2410 days agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGSHARKS EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK AIMS TO CHANGE THE 'JAWS' IMAGEThe exhibition will be open until August 14, 2022, at New York's American Museum of Natural History. EuroNews12 days agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGMAN RECOVERING AFTER ‘BREAKTHROUGH’ PIG HEART TRANSPLANTA US patient has become the first in the world to have a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. Scientists hope pig organs could one day help to alleviate shortages of organ donors. Al Jazeera12 days agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGMAN RECEIVES GENETICALLY MODIFIED PIG’S HEARTIn a medical first, surgeons successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig’s heart into a U.S. man in a last effort to save his life. CBC News13 days agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGOLDFISH TAUGHT BY RESEARCHERS TO 'DRIVE' A VEHICLESix goldfish have been taught to navigate -- or drive -- an aquarium on wheels as part of an experiment in Israel to understand the extent of their navigational skills and cognitive capability. CBC News14 days agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGPARTS OF ISRAEL 'SEALED OFF' AFTER BIRD FLU OUTBREAKA deadly strain of bird flu has killed up to 6,000 cranes in northern Israel. It comes as the country sees a surge in the Omicron variant of coronavirus in people. The area has been sealed off o... Al Jazeera20 days agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGWORLD-RENOWNED CONSERVATIONIST RICHARD LEAKEY DIES, AGED 77World-renowned paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced. Leakey, wh... Al Jazeera21 days agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGUK ZOO GENERATES RENEWABLE ENERGY USING ANIMAL WASTEA zoo in the UK has come up with a scheme to generate renewable energy, using animal dung. The faeces of its caged residents are turned into fuel using biomass technology, thus making the zoo the ... Al Jazeera24 days agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGISRAEL: AT LEAST 5000 CRANES KILLED BY BIRD FLUIn addition to the 5,200 dead, another 10,000 are believed to be infected, according to Ohad Hatsofe, a specialist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority. EuroNews26 days agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKING'FLAWLESSLY PRESERVED' DINOSAUR EMBRYO DISCOVERED IN CHINAScientists have announced the discovery of an exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo from at least 66 million years ago that was preparing to hatch from its egg just like a chicken. The fossil was ... Al Jazeera1 month agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGAFRICAN HONEYBEE NUMBERS FALL, WARNINGS OVER ECOLOGICAL FUTUREHabitat destruction, climate change and growing pesticide use are threatening Africa's honeybees. According to scientists in Kenya, bees' crucial role as pollinators of crops and wild plants is at... Al Jazeera1 month agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGEN-Z PARODY MOVEMENT CLAIMS 'BIRDS ARE A CONSPIRACY'NBC's Ben Collins joins The News with Shepard Smith reports that Gen Z-ers across the country are joining in on a parody conspiracy theory that the U.S. government has replaced all birds with look-... CNBC1 month agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGSINGAPORE: MAN INJURED IN 'OTTER ATTACK' DURING WALKA British man has described being bitten "like a staple gun" as he was attacked by around 20 otters in the Singapore Botanic Garden. David Doyle has more. Reuters1 month agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGFOREST BRIDGE OVER BRAZIL HIGHWAY OFFERS HOPE FOR THREATENED MONKEYConcerned by a recent drop in population numbers of the threatened golden lion tamarin, conservationists in Rio de Janeiro have built a bridge across a busy highway to help the monkeys circulate ov... Reuters1 month agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGSOUTH AFRICA: PROTESTS OVER SHELL OIL SEARCH ALONG COASTLINESouth Africans took to their beaches on Sunday to protest against plans by Royal Dutch Shell to do seimsic oil exploration they say will threaten marine wildlife such as whales, dolphins, seals and... France 242 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGKEEPING TRADITIONAL SHELL FISHING ALIVE ON SPAIN'S RUGGED COASTLINESome 4,000 people, almost all women, work as traditional shell fishers along the inlets that criss-cross the rugged coastline of Spain’s Galicia region. For some, it’s much more than a seasonal j... Reuters2 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGTHIRTY ENDANGERED RHINO'S AIRLIFTED TO RWANDAThe southern white rhino, one of two subspecies of white rhino, is now considered endangered with about 20,000 individuals remaining, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). EuroNews2 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGRARE FOOTAGE SUGGESTS SHIFT FOR POLAR BEARS Rare footage of a polar bear killing and eating a reindeer is being seen as evidence that climate change is forcing a change of diet in the Arctic. EuroNews2 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGFIRST EVER 'BACK TO BACK' NATIONAL DOG SHOW CHAMPIONFor the first time in the National Dog Show's 20-year-history on NBC, a canine was crowned Best in Show for the second year in a row. Claire, a Scottish deerhound, was the repeat winner, and David ... Cheddar News2 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGARCHAEOLOGIST UNCOVERS ROCK ART WITH HELP FROM BISONFour petroglyphs, known as a form of rock art, have been discovered at Wanuskewin Heritage Park, a national historic site near Saskatoon. The engraved rocks are evidence of the culture that likel... CBC News2 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGB.C: LANDOWNERS WAIT TO SEE FULL SCOPE OF LOSS AFTER FLOODINGB.C farmers are distraught to see their land covered by floodwater and knowing thousands of animals have been killed and more are trapped without food or water, but the full scope of their losses w... CBC News2 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGSTUDY: ALLIGATOR BLOOD COULD SAVE OTHER ANIMALSNASA is studying alligator blood, which could help save other animals and ecosystems. Fox News2 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGSTATECOVID-19 FOUND IN DEER ADDS COMPLICATION TO HUNTING SEASON IN MICHIGANWe're told back in the late 1990s on the opening day of deer season, there were around one million deer hunters. Now the DNR says there are only 400,000. Fox News2 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBELOVED BELUGA WHALE 'BLUEY' RESCUED FOR SECOND TIMEA beluga whale named Bluey has become a celebrity in the Clarenville, N.L., marina. But there is increasing concern because it has needed to be rescued several times after getting entangled in rope... CBC News2 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGINVASIVE SPIDER SPECIES APPEARING IN GEORGIAThe Joro spider species population -- native to east Asia -- has skyrocketed in Georgia. It’s not clear exactly how and when the first Joro spider arrived in the U.S. Experts say Joros are not a th... Fox News3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALCHANGING WEATHER HAS 'ALTERED' MIGRATORY PATHS FOR SOME BIRDS, RESEARCHERS SAYResearchers say they’re seeing the impact of climate change through the changing migratory patterns of birds. CBC News3 months agoVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALNORTH KOREAN FOOD SHORTAGES SEES RULING PARTY SUGGEST 'SWAN MEAT'"Black swan meat is delicious and has medicinal value," according to North Korea's ruling party newspaper. Reports suggest that the country's economic woes and food shortages are forcing it to inno... Reuters3 months ago
