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An Indonesian monkey who shot to fame after it snapped a grinning selfie — and sparked a landmark US copyright case — was named “Person of the Year” Wednesday by the animal rights group that took on the simian’s cause. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said it was honouring Naruto, a

The law passed in Italy calls for a gradual elimination of all animal circus acts in the country. Thus, Italy joins 50 other countries and states which have already banned animals in circuses. “We applaud Italy and urge countries like the U.K. and the U.S. to follow this example and end this cruelty,” said Jan

The Douro River which is one of the symbols of the Iberian Peninsula is 60 percent dry. The snow, that by now should be covering the landscape above 2,000 meters has been replaced by temperatures of over 25ºC. It’s a situation which has become critical – for Spain’s economy, for growing food, for living. Here’s

We knew climate change was melting Greenland’s glaciers, but new data shows things are even worse than we thought. Left: Greenland topography color-coded from 4,900 feet (1,500 meters) below sea level (dark blue) to 4,900 feet above sea level (brown). Right: regions below sea level connected to the ocean, either shallower than 600 feet (200

Researchers have established that an isolated population of orangutans found in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, is actually a distinct third species. Orangutan from Batang Toru, which scientists now say belongs to a new species. Credit: Tim Laman. One big family Biologists had known about the unique orangutan population, which is nestled within the Tapanuli district

Mathías Espinoza has a deeply crinkled brow as he squints at the vast ocean around the Galápagos Islands on a July morning. “Bien brava,” he murmurs softly, meaning, “rough.” He has looked out on the ocean many times over his years in the Galápagos Islands, but it never ceases to intrigue him. Espinoza is inhaling

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkul Karman proposed in Honduras on Tuesday the creation of a global tribunal to prosecute executives of multinational firms who damage the earth. Karman, of Yemen, made the suggestion in the Central American country that Amnesty International last year described — along with its neighbor Guatemala — as the most dangerous