Norway limits wild salmon fishing as stocks hit new lows
Norwegian authorities on Friday rolled out fresh restrictions on wild salmon fishing for 2025 after stocks hit record lows in recent years, with scientists blaming fish farms.
Scientists in South Africa say they have identified the first known outbreak of rabies in seals
The only other known case of rabies in a sea mammal was in a ringed seal in Norway's Svalbard islands in the early 1980s.
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Defence Minister flags in first-of-its-kind Open Water Swimming Expedition
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday here flagged-in, in New Delhi, a first-of-its-kind Open Water Swimming Expedition to the 21 Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago named after the ...
A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it
Experts say polar bears are not native to Iceland but occasionally come ashore after traveling on ice floes from Greenland.
Police shoot rare polar bear spotted outside cottage in Iceland village
A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said.