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Can the Land of a Million Elephants Survive the Belt and Road?

Can the Land of a Million Elephants Survive the Belt and Road?

SOURCE: The Diplomat DATE: January 3, 2019 SNIP: China Railway’s Kunming bureau recently announced that a 36-kilometer long fence will be built along the Singapore-Kunming Railway project to protect wild elephants in southwest Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna region. This is a...
Third of Wales’ birds are in decline

Third of Wales’ birds are in decline

SOURCE: Bird Guides DATE: December 30, 2018 SNIP: A major report has found that one in three species of bird is in significant decline in Wales. The State of Birds in Wales study found farmland and woodland species were especially vulnerable, with the researchers...
Seabirds Abandon Eggs After Winter Without Ice

Seabirds Abandon Eggs After Winter Without Ice

SOURCE: Inside Science DATE: December 28, 2019 SNIP: Each winter, sleek seabirds known as Mandt’s black guillemots descend on the ice that forms over the Bering Sea between Alaska and Russia. They spend the season diving under the ice to catch Arctic cod and...