In 2013, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G Allen committed $7 million to one of the largest efforts ever undertaken to determine how many African elephants remained in the wild. Known as the Great Elephant Census, the project was led by Elephants Without Borders and involved scientists, conservation organisations, pilots and wildlife authorities across the…

Nepal PM Balen Shah faces protests, Parliament heat and RSP dissent Barely 150 days after Gen Z anger helped propel Balendra “Balen” Shah to Nepal’s top job, the same restless street energy that propelled his rise seems to be pinning him down, leaving the former rapper under pressure from public protests, parliament and his own…

It was anchored overnight before specialist crews began the operation to sink it South Australia has sunk the 40-metre MV Andrew Wilson about six kilometres off the coast of Brighton, turning the retired vessel into an artificial reef. The ship now rests upright 20 metres below the surface on the sandy ocean floor.According to the…

In 2017, Mohammed Almuntasir uploaded an 18-second YouTube video that appeared to show nothing more than a small sand cat sheltering beneath a desert shrub in Libya. The clip would later become the first documented evidence of the species in the country, prompting an eight-year effort to establish where the elusive animals were living. Almuntasir…