Topic: Nature and the Environment
China Tiger Deaths
AP News
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, an endangered Siberian tiger runs away with a chicken tossed by tourists at the Harbin Tiger Park in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition ...
Climate change pushing bird species 'towards extinction:' US
AFP Global Edition
Climate change is pushing some bird species "towards extinction," US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warned Thursday as a new report on the threats facing North American birds was released. "For well over a century, migratory birds have faced stresses," Salazar said. "Now they are facing a new threat -- climate change ...
dwp panda
WENN
This rare female panda cub is the heaviest ever born.
She's the result of artificial insemination at an animal reserve in Shaanxi, China - weighing in at 206 grams at birth, more than twice the average weight of panda cubs.
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Group: polluters use offsets to avoid carbon cuts
AP News
Climate activists say businesses are buying their way out of costly greenhouse gas cutsMajor European polluters are buying their way out of making big cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing carbon offsets that pay for environmental programs in developing nations, a nonprofit group said Friday. To avoid the high ...
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