STORY: As the alligator climbed out of the water, the bird raised its wings and squawked at the animal, but then backed away.
However as the alligator moved closer the bird ultimately stood firm continuing to squawk and the alligator retreated into the water.
Other birds in the immediate location appeared unconcerned by the standoff.
A black bear hibernating in South Lake Tahoe, California, wasn’t quite ready for spring, recent video shows, and with the weather being experienced locally, who could blame him?Footage of the bear, tagged as G101, was posted by local nature enthusiast Toogee Sielsch.Sielsch said G101 and other local black bears have “started to emerge from their urban dens”. But this video, dated March 6, shows G101 “returning to his crawlspace den” after a few hours out and about.Sielsch regularly posts photos and videos related to South Lake Tahoe’s “urbanized black bear population” on his Instagram profile. Credit: Toogee Sielsch via Storyful
PUTRAJAYA, March 23 — RM1 from every match ticket sold for national football team Harimau Malaya will go towards Malayan...
At least two people were killed in Pakistan after a powerful earthquake struck in neighboring Afghanistan on Tuesday, March 21, according to Pakistani media citing officials.Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he had directed the “National Disaster Management Authority and other related institutions to be ready to deal with any emergency situation.”This footage from Malik Asif Iqbal Yousafzai shows people crowding outside Saidu Teaching Hospital in Swat on Tuesday evening.The earthquake was also felt in parts of India, the United States Geological Survey said. Credit: Malik Asif Iqbal Yousafzai via Storyful
It is the latest in a wave of dolphin and whale strandings on New Jersey and New York beaches
The government wants to change the way bin collections are completed by councils from households and businesses.
A rare tornado touched down in a Los Angeles suburb, ripping roofs off a line of commercial buildings and sending the debris twisting into the sky and across a city block, injuring one person. The National Weather Service sent teams to assess damage in Montebello and later confirmed that a tornado had touched down around 11:20 a.m. Wednesday. The weather service said that the tornado was an EF1, a measurement on the Enhanced Fujita Scale that indicates it had winds of 86 mph to 110 mph (138 kph to 177 kph).
STORY: The National Weather Service confirmed in a tweet that a tornado touched down in Montebello around 11:20am (1820GMT) on Wednesday.The storm marked the 12th so-called atmospheric river since December to sweep the U.S. West Coast, formed from an immense airborne current of dense water vapor carried aloft from the ocean and flowing overland in bouts of heavy rain and snow.The rapid succession of Pacific storms during the past three months has created an abrupt reversal of fortune for a state preoccupied for the past few years by drought and wildfires - a swing in weather extremes that experts say is symptomatic of human-induced climate change.
Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria, Australia, welcomed the birth of a Southern white rhino calf – the first calf of this threatened species to be born at the zoo in almost 10 years.In a statement, the zoo said “first-time mother Kipenzi gave birth just before 4 am on Tuesday, March 21, to the female calf who weighs just over 60 kilograms”.The birth follows a 16-month pregnancy during which Kipenzi and her calf’s health was carefully monitored by Zoo veterinarians and zookeepers.Keepers noticed the calf was not thriving as expected during the important first hours of infancy. After consultation with the zoo’s veterinary team, the calf was brought to the zoo’s vet clinic for medical checks and supplementary feeding.The zoo said the calf is being provided with around-the-clock feeds of colostrum obtained from its mother.The newborn will be named in coming weeks through a voting competition for Zoos Victoria members. Credit: Werribee Open Range Zoo via Storyful
The San Bernardino County Fire Department helped rescue 17 animals at a farm in Muscoy, California, on Wednesday, March 22, after they became stuck in deep mud after days of heavy rain.The fire department said horses, cows and bulls were among the rescued animals. Crews set up a skid steer to clear a path to access some of the animals, they said.The department said the animals were transported to Devore Animal Shelter by San Bernardino County Animal Control. Credit: San Bernardino County Fire via Storyful
The Los Angeles area experience rainy weather for the second day in a row on Wednesday, March 22.Thunder and hail were also observed in the area, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).The rain on Tuesday broke multiple daily rainfall records, said the NWS.This footage by a Marina del Rey local shows heavy rain with thunder sounds in the background. The uploader said she observed hail, ice, and snow falling. Credit: Lahdan Rahmati via Storyful
STORY: "We are draining humanity’s lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use, and evaporating it through global heating," said Guterres during U.N.’s first conference on water security in almost half a century.Ensuring access to clean drinking water and sanitation is part of the 17-point to-do list the U.N. has set for sustainable development, alongside ending hunger and poverty, achieving gender equality, and taking action on climate change. “This conference must represent a quantum leap in the capacity of Member States and the international community to recognize and act upon the vital importance of water to our world’s sustainability and as a tool to foster peace and international co-operation,” he added.
The future of humanity's "lifeblood" -- water -- is under threat worldwide, the UN secretary-general warned Wednesday at the opening of the global body's first major meeting on water resources in nearly half a century."We are draining humanity's lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use, and evaporating it through global heating," Guterres told the conference.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices and frightening people in remote villages. More than 200 people were brought to hospitals in the Swat valley and elsewhere in the region of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in a state of shock, Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for Pakistan's emergency services told The Associated Press.
STORY: Location: El Rosario, MexicoSource: Mexico’s National Commission of Natural Protected AreasMexico's monarch butterfly population has fallen by 22% Millions of these butterflies migrate to Mexico each year from Canada to hibernatebut fewer arrived during the 2022 winter periodDate: March 21, 2023[Adan Pena, Head of National Commission of Natural Protected Areas]"The area of forest occupied by the monarch butterfly between 2022-2023 is 2.21 hectares. This is more than the area occupied in 2020. In 2021-2022 we had an upturn due to weather conditions. In that sense, there were also some variations due to low temperatures and the climatic phenomenon that continues to affect this process, but these are the regular figures."The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has declared the species endangered and says its population has fallen between 22% and 72% over the past decadeExperts blame climate change, pesticides, and illegal logging for the population decline
At least 12 people were killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by a strong earthquake felt across thousands of kilometres, but the region appeared Wednesday to have dodged the mass casualties usually associated with a tremor of such scale.Over 55,000 people were killed by an earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria last month, heightening fears across the region.
STORY: There is no danger to the community from the fire, and officials have not issued a shelter in place, said Laura Mireles with the City of Pasadena.Pasadena officials are at the scene.A truck backed into a loading dock at the plant and it caught fire, Mireles said. The truck's driver was then transported to the hospital.
STORY: Satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies show the before and after views of reservoirs and farmlands hit by floods and rain in central California areas like Tulare County, Watsonville and Lake Oroville.Tens of thousands of storm-weary Californians were without power and under evacuation warnings on Wednesday (March 22) as the latest storm packing wind-blown rain and snow threatened to bring more flooding to the rain-soaked state.
The 49-year-old actor joined several celebrities from Olivia Wilde to Demi Moore on the red carpet in Los Angeles.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh today said she has been made a target for criticism be...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — Malaysian Muslims can visit other places of worship so long as they do not take part in the rit...
