Reports and Studies
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Five meerkats dead in suspected dye poisoning at Philadelphia Zoo
All five meerkats at Philadelpha Zoo have died within a matter of days, leading zoo officials to suspect that a…
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Doctors remove “world’s largest kidney stone”
The military doctors from Sri Lanka have successfully extracted the world’s largest kidney stone from a 62-year-old retired soldier, according…
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Scientist spends 100 days in underwater capsule
Scientist Joseph Dituri has set a new record by spending 100 days in an underwater capsule, surpassing the previous record…
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HotSat-1: Spacecraft to map UK’s heat inefficient buildings
A novel British satellite designed to map the heat signature of buildings has been launched. The idea is to highlight…
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Flight turbulence increasing as planet heats up – study
Flight turbulence has increased as climate change has warmed the planet, researchers say. Scientists at Reading University in the UK…
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Can humans and rats live together in Paris?
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is forming a committee to study “cohabitation” – to what extent humans and rodents can live…
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Wildfires: UK to set up new Mediterranean-style specialist units
Firefighters will deploy new techniques learnt in the world’s worst wildfire hotspots as climate change raises the risk level in…
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El Niño planet-warming weather phase has begun
A natural weather event known as El Niño has begun in the Pacific Ocean, likely adding heat to a planet…
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Is climate change fuelling Canada’s wildfires?
Intense wildfires are blazing across Canada with thousands evacuated and smoke blown as far south as the US state of…
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Crocodile found to have made herself pregnant
The first case of a crocodile who made herself pregnant has been identified at a zoo in Costa Rica. She…
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