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Greenland shark, Image: Saul Goner, SeaPics Greenland became the centre of an unusual dispute over one of the world’s longest-lived vertebrates after the municipal council of Avannaata approved a proposal to cull 1,000 Greenland sharks. Under the scheme, fishermen would have received 300 Danish kroner, about $45, for each shark heart they brought in. The…

File photo: French CRS riot police run past garbage bins and object set on fire amid clashes with protesters in Paris. France’s crackdown on high school protests is coming under growing scrutiny after several teenagers suffered severe, potentially life-changing injuries during clashes with police.Thousands have also been arrested during the demonstrations aimed at demanding better-funded…

Cornelia ‘Cornie’ Thornburgh and her husband, Richard, have sold their renovated lakefront mansion and guest house on Everglades Island in the Intracoastal Waterway, the Palm Beach Post reported.The house at 550 Island Drive was listed at $24.9 million, according to the multiple listing service. The deed, recorded on Jan. 10, 2025, shows a price of…

Image: Left/Wikipedia/Right/Beautiful World In November 2025, Prince William used the stage of the fourth annual United for Wildlife Global Summit in Rio de Janeiro to unveil a new alliance for the people who defend the Brazilian Amazon. The partnership aims to protect Indigenous leaders and nature defenders working across territory covering 110 million hectares. Actor…

As the first residents prepare to move in, the project represents the Duchy of Cornwall’s first housing development specifically designed to address homelessness. A new housing project in Cornwall is putting a different face on the fight against homelessness. Rather than treating shelter as a temporary stopgap, the development in Nansledan, Newquay, combines carefully designed…

The turbine sends electricity to a nearby power station, from where it is supplied to local customers. A farmer in Nebraska, United States, is earning additional income by leasing part of his agricultural land for a wind turbine. A wind energy company has leased his 160-acre property to install a wind turbine, but the turbine…

Photo credit (L-R): Getty Images; Realtor.com Dr. Phil McGraw and Robin McGraw are ready to part ways with their lavish Beverly Hills estate, more than a decade after transforming the property into a grand Mediterranean Revival-style mansion. The couple purchased the property for $29.8 million in 2010 and completed the residence a year later after…

Burmese python coiled in the grass in the Everglades. Image Credit: Wikipedia Burmese python males in South Florida undergo a marked seasonal change in testosterone as the breeding period approaches, while another hormone linked to stress and energy use follows a less predictable pattern. A study published in General and Comparative Endocrinology tracked testosterone and…

 George Dixon Primary School, Image: Pentagon Play Birmingham City Council sold a three-bedroom former caretaker’s house at auction in 2013 for £395,000, and a paperwork error meant the sale also transferred ownership of George Dixon Primary School in Edgbaston. The mistake went unnoticed for 11 years while the school carried on as normal. It came…

File photo: Prison officers escort Shiranthi Rajapaksa, the wife of Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, to a prison vehicle outside a magistrate’s court in Colombo Sri Lanka’s former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, the wife of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been arrested over allegations of misusing LKR 10 million (approx 29.3 lakhs) linked to…