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A polar bear at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Thursday. The Arctic animals are among the most vulnerable species to Japan's scorching summer heat and zookeepers have to take a number of precautions in order to keep them safe.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife / OUR PLANET

Aug 31, 2025

How Tokyo's Ueno Zoo helps their animals cope with extreme heat

By Carolina Pichardo

From limiting their time outdoors to serving frozen food, the staff at Ueno Zoo take a number of measures to help the animals cope with the heat.

John Hume, the South African who bred the world’s biggest rhino herd, has for years campaigned unsuccessfully for the legalization of international trade in the animals’ horns.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Aug 20, 2025

Man who bred world’s biggest rhino herd charged with horn smuggling

By Antony Sguazzin

John Hume, 83, has for years campaigned unsuccessfully for the legalization of international trade in the animals’ horns.

Sharon Kwok Pong, founder of the Hong Kong Parrot Rescue, interacts with "Winnie," a rescued yellow-crested cockatoo.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Aug 19, 2025

Hong Kong scientist puts hope in nest boxes to save endangered cockatoos

By Jiaxing Li and Yan Zhao

Their future now hangs in the balance, due to habitat loss and, some suspect, a black market for the rare birds.

The highly venomous lionfish with its long spotted fins can measure up to around 26 centimeters.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Aug 15, 2025

With waters at 32 C, Mediterranean tropicalization shifts into high gear

By Remi BANET

Encouraged by increasingly warm waters, hundreds of species native to the Red Sea have moved into the eastern Mediterranean, disrupting ecosystems.

An Emerald Toucanet. Nearly half of all bird species are found in biodiversity-rich tropical regions.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Aug 12, 2025

Climate heat extremes driving tropical bird decline: study

By Julien MIVIELLE

Intensifying temperatures caused a 25% to 38% reduction in tropical bird populations between 1950 and 2020, compared to a scenario without global warming.

A fish washes up on Glenelg Beach on July 13 in Adelaide, Australia. A toxic algal bloom has washed up dead and dying sea creatures along the South Australian coastline since mid March and was first detected on the state’s Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Aug 6, 2025

Toxic algae bloom off South Australia devastates marine life and tourism

The algal bloom, first detected in March, spans an area 4,500 square kilometers and has been aggravated by rising ocean temperatures.

A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife / OUR PLANET

Jul 20, 2025

Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate

By Tomoko Otake

The debate over the damage sunscreens cause to the marine environment is heating up as some regions ban certain chemical ingredients.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Participants at the Kinrin Utakai discuss tanka at the group’s gathering last month in Tokyo’s Ogikubo neighborhood.

Why tanka poetry is clicking with a new generation

By Zoria Petkoska

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