Environment News

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses , descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Comedian John Oliver has succeeded in his campaign to have what he describes as a weird, puking bird with a colorful mullet win New Zealand's Bird of the Century contest.

SAN FRANCISCO — Its 21 member economies represent nearly three billion people and 62 per cent of the world's GDP, generating US$30 trillion in global trade last year alone.

Quebec's forest fire prevention agency says the area burned by wildfires this year was greater than the previous 20 years combined.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The family of a couple killed by a grizzly bear in Banff National Park is establishing an endowment fund at the University of Lethbridge in their memory.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government said Tuesday it has abandoned, for now, plans to rein in flights at Amsterdam's busy Schiphol Airport following protests from countries including the United States and warnings that the move could br

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — During the first minutes of Oct. 25 when Hurricane Otis roared into Acapulco Bay with 165 mph winds, sailor Ruben Torres recorded a 10-second audio message from a yacht called the Sereno.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has rushed to create more protected natural areas at the end of his presidency, but environmentalists accuse it of trying to “greenwash” an image of favoring petro

PARIS (AP) — Does Paris have too many SUVs? The mayor is putting that question to voters in the runup to next year’s Olympic Games , the latest salvo in her long-running campaign to make the city more friendly to pedestrians and the planet, and less

BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Tuesday it is granting a 7.