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Nearly 50 per cent of UAE mammals Under Threat

From graceful gazelles to elusive sand cats, the UAE’s mammals are under threat according to a new report

by Nick Ames

Protests Over Plans to Detonate Austrian Glacier for extra Ski Resorts

The pristine Pitzal glacier is under imminent threat but this time it’s not from climate change. Plans to enlarge two ski resorts in Tyrol, Austria involve exploding and removing more than 750,000 cubic metres of snow

by Nick Ames

Licence to Krill: Is This Whale A Russian Spy?

How a charity is trying to save an escaped beluga whale thought to have been trained as a secret agent by the Russian military

by Nick Harding