Year: 2016

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Hybrid Species Are on the March – With the Help of Humans

Mario Vallejo-Marin 02/06/2016

Hybrids can damage local plants by serving as bridges...

A dead tiger cub is held up by a Thai official after authorities found 40 tiger cub carcasses during a raid on the controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist destination which has come under fire in recent years over the welfare of its big cats, in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand June 1, 2016. Credit: Daily News/via Reuters

Forty Dead Tiger Cubs Found in Thai Temple Amid Fear of Trafficking

Patpicha Tanakasempipat 02/06/2016

Officials have moved 61 live tigers from the temple...

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Patent Profits and the Global Burden of Curing Hep-C

The Wire Staff 01/06/2016

Sofosbuvir, a single drug to treat hepatitis C viraemia,...

Fishermen being trained to sight dolphins. Credit: Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project/thethirdpole.net

Bangladesh: Fishermen Enlisted in Dolphin Protection and Research Initiatives

Rafiqul Islam 01/06/2016

Fishermen will monitor dolphins in marine protected areas of...

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Plastic Bottles Contaminate Medicines, Shows Study

Deepak Patel and Nitin Sethi 31/05/2016

Contradicting what the health ministry said in March, the...

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Green Tribunal Orders Art of Living to Pay Fine, Sri Sri Vows to Fight Back

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 31/05/2016

Through its order, the National Green Tribunal has settled...

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Scrap New Draft Rules on Protection of Wetlands, Activists Tell Government

The Wire Staff 31/05/2016

In a submission to the environment ministry, activists representing...