The northern white rhinoceros. The passenger pigeon. The Javan tiger. The golden toad. The Pinta Island tortoise. These are just some of the dozens of land-based vertebrate species that have gone extinct over the past century. Many more will likely follow them into oblivion soon, a team of scientists warns […]

We explore how armed groups across the world have reacted to Covid-19 and the implications this will have on humanitarian responses.

Countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees More than 1,000 people are on the run following a brutal attack by irregular armed elements on a site in western Niger on Sunday afternoon which killed three people and wounded others.

A whopping 2,500 tons. That’s how much a retailer in the United Kingdom has saved in food waste in just two years. Iceland, the company, says it has reduced its food waste by nearly a quarter, or 23%, since the beginning of 2018. The trick has involved tried-and-tested methods for […]

Bumblebees are busy as bees, flitting from flower to flower and pollinating plant after plant. Turns out, though, they do even more than that: according to new research bumblebees prod some late-blooming plants into flowering earlier. They do this by biting their leaves. Sound implausible? Maybe it does, but it […]

Country: El Salvador Source: UN Children’s Fund Cientos de familias salvadoreñas han tenido que evacuar sus hogares debido a la devastación provocada por la Tormenta Tropical Amanda.