In the 1980s, ferrets were released on Northern Ireland’s Rathlin Island to control rabbits; decades later, they threatened seabirds at a colony of more than 250,000 birds

Ferrets were released on Rathlin Island in the mid-1980s, off the north coast of Northern Ireland, to deal with the island’s rabbit population | Wikimedia Commons Ferrets were released on Rathlin Island in the mid-1980s, off the north coast of Northern Ireland, to deal with the island’s rabbit population. The ferrets established a feral population…

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Monarch butterfly has been added to endangered species list, to conserve them scientists in California have given them solar-powered radio backpacks

Representative Image. Credit: PBS ​Scientists are using tiny solar-powered devices to track the movements of endangered monarch butterflies. Researchers on the California coast are using these devices to understand how the butterflies use their overwintering habitats and nearby nectar sources. The migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) was listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red…

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US vs ICC row escalates: Trump administration sanctions international court president, senior lawyer

Trump administration sanctioned ICC president Tomoko Akane The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court president Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, in the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign against the Hague-based court.US secretary of state Marco Rubio said the sanctions were imposed under an executive order signed…

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‘All trade, commercial exchanges halted’: How UAE responded to Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack

A view of the Dubai city skyline. (AP Photo) The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran after accusing Tehran of launching two ballistic missiles towards the Gulf state, marking a fresh deterioration in ties between the two countries amid renewed tensions across the region.The UAE defence ministry…

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