News of animals

Climate change devastated dinosaurs not once, but twice

02-12-2020 18:27 Most people know that land-dwelling dinosaurs were wiped out some 66 million years ago when an asteroid crashed into Earth. What most people don't know is that more than 100 million years earlier, another climate change cataclysm devastated a different set of dinosaur species, with many going extinct.

Global pandemic

Stranded surfer says government should repatriate his dogs too

25-06-2020 00:53 33-year-old surfer Michael Graef is stranded in Peru because of the coronavirus lockdown. He says he wants to go home, but not without the dogs which he has adopted on his travels.

VEGETARIANISM

Vegetarians gaining ground in carnivorous Argentina

19-10-2019 09:35 Whisper it: Increasing numbers of young Argentines are turning their back on meat and keeping it green.

Bloomberg

As great white sharks disappear, Cape Town searches for reasons

01-10-2019 09:33 The world’s biggest predatory fish haven’t been seen much off Cape Town this year, according to scientists and cage-diving operators. While the absence may be temporary it’s creating concern in South Africa.

'HISTORIC AGREEMENT'

China turns to Argentine soy meal in fresh blow to US farmers

10-09-2019 22:01 Asian giant is finally allow in soy meal imports from Argentina after two decades of fruitless talks, Agriculture Ministry announces.

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Japan approves growing human organs in animals for first time

01-08-2019 13:58 It is the first step in what researchers caution is a very long path towards a future where human organs for transplant could be grown inside animals.