World Bank sees poverty up in 2024
The World Bank says the proportion of people living below the poverty line of $2.15 (K3, 764) a day in Malawi will increase slightly from 71.7 percent in 2023 to…
Read moreBaby born with craniosynostosis had football shaped head
A mother’s instinct means everything, and for Amanda Locke, it changed her daughter’s life. When her little girl Imogen was born, Amanda knew something wasn’t right. Imogen was delivered with…
Read moreBaby born with an rugby ball-shaped head has life-saving surgery
A baby born with an ‘rugby ball-shaped’ head had major surgery to cut her skull into four sections before weaving it back together ‘like a jigsaw’. Lucy Bowran-Pavey, now 17…
Read moreBaby has head put back together ‘like a JIGSAW’ to correct rare defect
A baby had his head put back together ‘like a JIGSAW’ to correct a rare defect. Little Hayden Golding suffered with scaphocephaly craniosynostosis, a condition where his skull plates fused…
Read more50 Wild Animals in Costa Rica [Wildlife in Costa Rica]
Ready to learn all about Costa Rican animals? I’ve always been fascinated by animals, and by how they can be so different from one country to another. In this guide,…
Read more35 Common Animals Found in Lithuania (2024)
This question is hard to answer because of the vast number of birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians found here! As you can imagine, there was no way to include every…
Read moreHow citizen science projects are safeguarding wildlife in Costa Rican rainforests
I never thought I’d find myself playing grandmother’s footsteps with a puma. After a morning fruitlessly searching the trails surrounding SCP Corcovado Wilderness Lodge for big cats, we’ve returned to…
Read moreOut on dry land: Water shortage threatens species in Ruaha National Park in Tanzania
Zebras and giraffes in the Ruaha National Park in Tanzania. Credit: Claudia Schmied/Leibniz-IZW Climate change is not the only cause of arid landscapes. A research team led by the…
Read moreThe Circle of Life on Safari
The circle of life is evident everywhere you go on an African safari. It can be as mundane as a beetle working a pile of elephant dung or as spectacular…
Read moreThey’re just like us! 5 ways that baby animals learn
A few years ago, someone broke into my family’s cabin. They came in through a window, and rifled through the fridge. They ate some butter and carried a litre of…
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