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Wow!: Taiwan's migrating crab population rebounds thanks to safer road crossings
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (391+ words) ANN WANG and FABIAN HAMACHER, of Reuters, report from Taijiang National Park in the southern city of Tainan… Road closures and bamboo bridges have helped protect Taiwan’s largest terrestrial crab species during breeding season when they return to the sea…...
Deadly Indonesia floods wiped out at least seven per cent of rare orangutan population, report says
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (379+ words) Deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia’s Sumatra last year have wiped out at least seven per cent of the total population of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, a new report released on Wednesday showed. The cyclone-induced floods and landslides killed…...
Australia worried over mouse infestation's impact on food supply
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (180+ words) Australia’s government said on the weekend it was worried about a plague of mice in the west and would keep working with industry to curb its impact on food supply. “Obviously we’re concerned about the mice situation including in Western…...
Indonesian forest loss surges by 66 per cent in 2025, driven by Prabowo's self-sufficiency drive, report shows
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (588+ words) Forest loss in Indonesia surged by 66 per cent in 2025, hitting its highest rate in eight years as a result of weak environmental protections and an ambitious food and energy self-sufficiency drive, an environmental group said on Tuesday. The archipelago, made…...
Postcards: Thailand releases endangered leopard sharks in conservation push
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (410+ words) NAPAT WESSHASARTAR, of Reuters, reports from Maiton Island off Phuket… Maiton Island, Thailand Reuters After a brief countdown by conservationists, a young Indo-Pacific leopard shark glided into the blue waters off Maiton Island in southern Thailand, released in the country’s…...