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Rat race: Jakarta offers rewards to catch rodents INTERNATIONAL

Rat race: Jakarta offers rewards to catch rodents

The Indonesian capital Jakarta, one of the world's most overcrowded and polluted megacities, has launched a new bid to rid its streets of vermin -- by offering residents $1.50 for every rat they catch.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sri Lanka destroys seized bird nests destined for soup INTERNATIONAL

Sri Lanka destroys seized bird nests destined for soup

Sri Lankan custom officers on Tuesday destroyed 45 kilograms (99 pounds) of rare bird nests that are considered a delicacy in China and have a street value of nearly half a million dollars.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indonesian police seize tiger skin, deer genitals INTERNATIONAL

Indonesian police seize tiger skin, deer genitals

Three Indonesian men have been arrested for allegedly trading in protected species, with police seizing animal parts including a tiger skin, deer genitalia and pangolin scales, an official said Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
'Living fossil' crabs mysteriously dying in Japan INTERNATIONAL

'Living fossil' crabs mysteriously dying in Japan

Hundreds of horseshoe crabs -- known as ‘living fossils’ as they are among the earth's oldest creatures -- have washed ashore dead in southern Japan ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Life-altering science moves fast, sparking debate INTERNATIONAL

Life-altering science moves fast, sparking debate

Scientific techniques that can wipe out invasive species or alter mosquitoes' ability to carry disease are pushing ahead, raising concerns about the ethics of permanently changing the natural world, experts say.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Japan safari park worker killed in bear attack INTERNATIONAL

Japan safari park worker killed in bear attack

A safari park employee in Japan died on Tuesday after being attacked by a bear which had somehow climbed into her car, local officials and police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh, India mount rescue for flood-hit elephant INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh, India mount rescue for flood-hit elephant

Bangladesh and India are mounting a major rescue effort for a wild elephant struggling to survive after it was separated from its herd by floods and then washed across the border.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India police hunt for students who threw dog off roof INTERNATIONAL

India police hunt for students who threw dog off roof

Police in southern India are searching for two medical students after video of one flinging a stray dog from the balcony of a two-storey building went viral, sparking outrage.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Amazon jaguar shot dead after Olympic torch ceremony CULTURE

Amazon jaguar shot dead after Olympic torch ceremony

A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Alligator snatches child at Florida Disney resort INTERNATIONAL

Alligator snatches child at Florida Disney resort

Authorities early Wednesday searched lakes outside Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa after an alligator snatched a two-year-old boy from the shore.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Australian rodent species first victim of climate change? INTERNATIONAL

Australian rodent species first victim of climate change?

Climate change appears to have driven to extinction an Australian Great Barrier Reef rodent, according to a new study, which suggests the species may be the first mammal lost to the global phenomenon.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US zoo kills gorilla after boy falls into enclosure INTERNATIONAL

US zoo kills gorilla after boy falls into enclosure

Workers at the Cincinnati Zoo in the US state of Ohio shot and killed a gorilla after a three-year-old boy fell into its enclosure, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016