(EnviroNews World News) — Djibouti, East Africa — Missing for over 50 years and classified as “extinct,” scientists in the Republic of Djibouti have confirmed the capture of eight Somali sengi (Elephantulus revoilii), commonly known as the Somali elephant shrew. The scientists also saw four others while out collecting…
(EnviroNews World News) — Okavango Delta, Botswana — In the wild, the Brazilian frog (Physalaemus nattereri) uses eyespots to fake out and deter predators and holds a toxic gland as a secondary line of defense. The foureye butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) has a false eye near its tail, which scientists…
(EnviroNews World News) — Da Nang, Vietnam — After being praised for having the most successful coronavirus response on Earth, and after having been COVID-19-free for over three months, Vietnam has been surprised by 47 new cases of the disease spanning six cities and regions. The outbreak started when…
(EnviroNews World News) — Victoria, Australia — When smoldering koalas grabbed headlines around the world during Australia’s unprecedented 2020 wildfires, another imperiled eucalyptus-eating species, every bit as unique and adorable, was being swallowed up by the burning beast as well: the greater glider (Petauroides volans). These nocturnal marsupials are…
(EnviroNews World News) — With the U.S. still embroiled in a COVID-19 crisis, scientists in China are sounding the alarm again, warning of a new, potentially deadly pandemic. The G4 EA H1N1 Swine Flu Virus has jumped from pigs to people, and its genetic makeup is scarier than the…
(EnviroNews World News) — North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo — On June 25, 2020, 42 days after the last diagnosed case, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the DRC’s 10th Ebola epidemic officially over. The outbreak in North Kivu province…
(EnviroNews World News) — Verkhoyansk, Sakha Republic, Russia — Record shattering temperatures blanketed the Arctic Circle, as the tiny town of Verkhoyansk experienced a high of 100.4 degrees (38 Celsius) on Saturday, June 20, 2020, The Washington Post reported. The unverified temperature is not an anomaly though. A day later,…
(EnviroNews World News) — Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo — The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hit with a second outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. CNN is reporting the city of Mbandaka has nine recent cases, including five fatalities, one of which was a 15-year-old girl. According to…
(EnviroNews World News) — While researchers stress that smoking is dangerous to health and likely to kill the smoker, they have found one surprising benefit for those who use tobacco: it appears that smoking may inhibit the contraction and development of COVID-19, a.k.a. coronavirus. According to The Guardian, at…
(EnviroNews World News) — Of Vietnam’s approximately 97 million citizens, only 270 have been confirmed positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) and with 225 cases resolved, not one person has died as of Apr. 26. While some may question these numbers, Dr. John MacArthur, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
(EnviroNews World News) — Novaya Zemlya, Russia — As arctic ice melts due to human-caused climate destabilization, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are being forced to move farther inland in search of food. This brings them into closer contact with people and landfills. Now, Russian scientists are sounding the warning about climate…
(EnviroNews World News) — Kangaroo Island, Australia — “We’re just trying to collect as many live ones as we can. This is our little koala rescue,” said one teenage boy from off-camera in a video that is now going viral across the Internet. Published on Alternative 666, the clip…
(EnviroNews World News) — Amid the “sixth mass extinction,” or “Holocene extinction” as it is referred to by scientists, there are few glimmers of hope or good news. Species are dropping off the planet like flies, and despite the best efforts of government entities, NGOs and devoted conservationists,…
(EnviroNews World News) — Tel Aviv, Israel — Ever gone on vacation and forgot to ask someone to water the plants? They might just be screaming for water when you return – literally, screaming, in a register that you, as a human, simply can’t hear. This might sound like…
(EnviroNews World News) — About 15 percent of Antarctica’s surface melted on Christmas Eve 2019, breaking previous records for ice-melt, according to the Global Forecast System (GFS) by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and the data from the Modèle Atmosphérique Régional (MAR), a model used for meteorological…
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