Environment
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Aug 31 - A two-year-old Sumatran Tiger, believed to be responsible for killing livestock, has been captured and airlifted to a wildlife park on the southern tip of the Indonesian island. Rob Muir reports.
Aug 31 - The genes of naked mole rats are being examined by British and South African scientists in a bid to understand the secrets of the hormone oxytocin. Basmah Fahim reports.
Aug 30 - Scientists uncover a new monkey species in the Amazonian jungles of Colombia but warn that it is near extinction -- only 250 exist. Tara Cleary reports.
Aug 27 - "Make It Right," an organization co-founded by actor Brad Pitt, builds energy-efficient and environmentally friendly houses in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward - a neighborhood decimated by Hurricane Katrina five years ago. Tara Cleary reports.
Aug 27 - Europe's indigenous eel population has decreased by 70 percent over the past 30 years with botanists blaming a virulent parasite in a species of Japanese eel imported for agricultural purposes in the early 1980's. Basmah Fahim reports.
Aug 23 - A group of British engineering students has reached the halfway point of a journey from one end of the Americas to the other in a converted sports car powered by electricity. Tara Cleary reports.
Aug 24 - China is to launch a pilot project in Beijing to test a concept vehicle which carries people above street level and lets traffic pass underneath in order to ease the increasing pressure of public transportation. Ben Gruber reports.
Aug 23 - An urban rooftop in New York City has been converted to a farm by a group which wants to show that fresh food can be produced in the most unlikely places. Tara Cleary reports.
Aug 23 - A group of British engineering students has reached the halfway point of a journey from one end of the Americas to the other in a converted sports car powered by electricity. Tara Cleary reports.
Aug 20 - A solar-powered refrigerator is giving rural communities without electricity access to vaccines and medicines. The fridge stores power within ice which maintains temperatures overnight. Stuart McDill reports.
Aug 16 - Thermographic infrared maps are providing Belgians with a color-coded, birds-eye view of their home energy consumption levels. It's an idea aimed at spurring community involvement in saving energy. Basmah Fahim reports.
Aug 13 - Archeologists in Guatemala have discovered a Mayan king's tomb packed with a well-preserved hoard of carvings, ceramics and children's bones that cast new light on the vanished civilization. Tara Cleary reports.
Aug 11 - Scientists say an enormous ice island that broke off Greenland is not clear evidence of global warming, but is part of "disturbing picture" of climate change.
Aug 10 - "Conservation International" is launching an unprecedented global search for a hundred different species of frogs, toads and salamanders unseen for more than ten years. Rob Muir reports.
Aug 9 - A Brazilian biologist is on a mission to rehabilitate circus chimpanzees that have been traumatized by years of abuse as performers or in illegal zoos. Tara Cleary reports
Aug 4 - Scientists from around the world are convening in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this week to discuss how best to protect the world's fireflies. Rob Muir reports.
Aug 3 - Cameras in Ecuador's Yasuni National Park are equipped with heat and motion sensors, which are triggered when animals are close by. More than 30,000 images have been taken, including photos of rare species. Tara Cleary reports.
As part of a reforestation program in Indonesia's West Java province, couples are now required by law to plant trees to tie the knot. Tara Cleary reports.
July 30 - Emission control experts at the Dusseldorf airport in Germany are using bees to keep tabs on air quality. Ben Gruber reports.
July 28 - Israeli researchers develop a more efficient version of the age-old child's science experiment, the potato battery, which could provide a cheap source of electricity in the developing world. Stuart McDill reports.
Junly 27 - Designer Oskar Metsavaht, a favorite of celebrities such as Madonna and Sting, has started producing a new line of environmentally-friendly leather from the skins of salmon and tilapia. Ben Gruber reports.
July 27 - Environment ministers from India, China, Brazil and South Africa do not expect an upcoming climate change meeting in Mexico to produce an agreement.
July 26 - Scientists are studying a hammerhead shark's sense of smell, using the first detailed model of the inside of a shark's head. The results could help devise ultra-sensitive sniffing devices. Jim Drury reports.
July 26 - A new 'treehotel' concept elevates the simple treehouse into a world-class destination in the remote village of Harads, Sweden. Matt Cowan reports.
Tests on water taken from deep in Lake Baikal show the newly re-opened Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill continues to pollute, even though it is not yet running at full capacity. Tara Cleary reports.
July 23 - The New York Botanical Garden is developing unique hybrids to allow roses to bloom all summer long, without using pesticides. Sreya Banerjee reports.
Jul 20 - A team of student innovators in Wellington, New Zealand is bringing the outdoors inside with a self-sustaining "Plant Room" which can be attached to the exterior wall of an apartment building. Rob Muir reports.
July 18 - Chinese authorities capture an illegal shipment of freeze-dried seahorses from Egypt, apparently brought in Beijing to serve the burgeoning market in traditional medicine.
Jul 19 - French scientists make a major discovery about the first appearance of life on Earth and that it is more than 1.5 billion years older than first believed. Gemma Haines Reports.
Jul 14 - Luring fish out of danger zones like the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could one day be the job of a robotic fish, according to a New York researcher. Ben Gruber reports.
