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New whale stranding on notorious New Zealand beach More than 50 pilot whales beached themselves Saturday on the same remote New Zealand coast where another 52 whales have either died or been put down in the past two weeks.

19 January 2014

Lighting costs Rio's iconic Christ statue tip of thumb The iconic statue of Jesus overlooking Rio de Janeiro, one of the city's most recognizable landmarks, has lost a thumb tip to lightening, a report said Friday.

19 January 2014

Kashagan consortium to face emissions penalty The international consortium developing in the giant Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan will be subject to emissions penalties.

17 January 2014

For sharks, old age may be 70 or more: study Great white sharks may live until their 70s, more than three times as long as previously thought, according to a new analysis of the marine predator's backbones out Wednesday.

14 January 2014

Powerful Cyclone Ian hits Tonga A state of emergency was declared in parts of Tonga Saturday as powerful Cyclone Ian slammed into the South Pacific island nation, bringing winds estimated at 105 knots (200 kilometres per hour).

13 January 2014

'Exceptionally rare' conjoined whales found in Mexico Fishermen have found two conjoined gray whale calves in a northwestern Mexican lagoon, a discovery that a government marine biologist described as "exceptionally rare."

08 January 2014

Sub-zero arctic blast strikes US Millions of people across the United States on Monday made last minute preparations for an unusually bitter Arctic blast that could send temperatures plummeting to their coldest in 20 years.

07 January 2014

Sea Shepherd catches Japanese fleet, four whales dead Militant anti-whaling activists Sea Shepherd said they had zeroed in on a Japanese fleet Monday and captured evidence that four whales had been slaughtered, alleging the ships were found inside a Southern Ocean sanctuary.

06 January 2014

First Taiwan-born panda cub Yuan Zai makes public debut The first giant panda cub born in Taiwan made her much-anticipated public debut Monday, drawing thousands of exciting fans in the first few hours.

06 January 2014

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Deadly freeze hits northern US, eastern Canada A fierce winter storm has caused chaos in the United States since the start of the year, killing 11 people, canceling thousands of flights and bringing freezing temperatures to Canada.

04 January 2014

Australia endures hottest year on record Australia experienced its hottest year on record in 2013, the Bureau of Meteorology said Friday, enduring the longest heatwave ever recorded Down Under as well as destructive bushfires.

04 January 2014

One dead as cyclone skims France's Reunion island One person died and 15 were injured after a cyclone packing winds of 150 kilometres (95 miles) an hour brushed by the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, officials said Friday.

03 January 2014

Snowstorm slams northeastern United States Snow, high winds and a glacial chill hit the northeastern United States Thursday as a blast of brutal wintry weather bore down on many states and major cities, snarling air traffic.

03 January 2014

Giant panda in Thailand pregnant, says zoo A zoo in northern Thailand said Sunday that it was preparing for the birth of a second giant panda in the New Year thanks to artificial insemination.

30 December 2013

Final amnestied foreign Greenpeace activist leaves Russia The last of the 26 foreign Greenpeace activists who were detained after an Arctic protest flew out of Russia on Sunday, the group announced, finally ending a saga that had caused global concern.

30 December 2013

Environmental damange caused by fuel train explosion and spill near Aktau estimated at $779 thousand Ecologists have estimated the damage caused by the fire and spill at the railway crossing near Aktau city in western Kazakhstan.

27 December 2013

Arctic protester vows to fight on after Russian case closed A British Greenpeace protester Tuesday said he was "jubilant" after Russia closed the criminal case against him for staging a protest on an oil rig, and vowed to keep fighting for environmental issues.

25 December 2013

Fish dives in East Kazakhstan Oblast: Prosecutor's Office The fish population has greatly reduced in water reservoirs of Kazakhstan's East Kazakhstan Oblast: Oblast Prosecutor's Office.

24 December 2013

Anti-whalers dismiss 'sham' Australian surveillance Militant anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd on Monday dismissed as a "sham" Australian government plans to track Japan's annual whale hunt by air instead of by sea, saying it was a toothless and "cowardly" response.

24 December 2013