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The Forever Gift: Why Pets Are a Commitment, Not a Seasonal Accessory
While buying a little puppy or kitten for the festive season might seem like a magical idea, local animal welfare volunteers explain why the trend is exacerbating the UAE’s problem with unwanted pets
Fire, Highways and Pesticides: The Triple Threat to Giant Anteaters
On ‘World Anteater Day,’ we report on how wildlife underpasses, tracking harnesses and pup rehabilitation could save this endangered Latin American mammal
A Catastrophe Brewing? How The Climate Crisis Could Cause A Coffee Drought
Coffee consumption continues to climb globally but could climate change mean the end for your cappuccino?
Can Geo-Engineering Fix the Climate Crisis?
As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, Professor Steven Koonin, a leading physicist and author of Unsettled?, stresses that adaptation, alongside technological innovations like geo-engineering, must be part of the solution
Tiny Detectives: How Trained Rats Are Battling Wildlife Trafficking
The sniffer rats are able to detect pangolin scales, rhino horns and elephant tusks
Can You Eat Meat and Still Be an Environmentalist?
Does having the ‘occasional’ cheeseburger or slice of meat on your pizza dent your eco-credentials or can you fall off a vegan diet and still show you care for the planet? The Ethicalist investigates…
Will Selfies, Electrocution and Deforestation Fast-track Sloths – the World’s Slowest Mammal – To Extinction?
Can sniffer dogs, tracking backpacks and sloth crossings can keep these tree-living critters tucked safely away in the canopy where they belong. Words
The Shocking Donkey Skin Trade Scandal: Why Millions Are Being Killed To Cure Insomnia
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Criminal gangs are slaughtering donkeys to make ejiao for Chinese medicine to ‘cure’ a dry cough and aid sleep
Vulnerable and Overlooked: The Toll of Climate Change on the World’s Poorest Nations
On International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we look at the countries disproportionately affected by climate change, where extreme weather events are worsening poverty and threatening livelihoods
