http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/719890-living-things.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/719890-living-things.html http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2081876-un-eat-insects-good-you-good-world.html ROME (AP) — The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now. Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock. According to the U.N., they come with appetizing side benefits: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and livestock pollution, creatin... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:14:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2081876-un-eat-insects-good-you-good-world.html 2013-05-13T15:14:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2081328-un-says-why-eat-insects.html ROME (AP) — The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects. The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday hailed the likes of grasshoppers, ants and other members of the insect world as an underutilized food for people, livestock and pets. A 200-page... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:10:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2081328-un-says-why-eat-insects.html 2013-05-13T14:10:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2076232-london-zoo-seeks-female-mate-near-extinct-fish.html LONDON (AP) — The London Zoo is urgently seeking a female mate for the last-known males of a critically endangered fish species. Zoo officials say the Mangarahara cichlid is thought to be extinct in the wild and that two of the last known individuals — both male — are in the zoo's aquarium. A third is in the Berlin zoo. Officials say the species' habitat ... Fri, 10 May 2013 10:23:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2076232-london-zoo-seeks-female-mate-near-extinct-fish.html 2013-05-10T10:23:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2071068-egypt-court-upholds-acquittals-2011-battle.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's highest appeals court on Wednesday upheld the acquittals of 24 loyalists of Hosni Mubarak who were tried for having organized a medieval-style attack in which the ex-president's supporters riding camels and horses attacked anti-government demonstrators, a pivotal moment in the country's 2011 uprising. The decision by Judge Hamed Abdul... Wed, 08 May 2013 18:38:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2071068-egypt-court-upholds-acquittals-2011-battle.html 2013-05-08T18:38:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2058176-dutch-horse-meat-trader-fined-halal-beef.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch appeals court has upheld the fraud conviction of a man who sold horse meat labeled as Halal beef to two French traders, but reduced his punishment to a six-month suspended sentence and a 50,000-euro ($65,000) fine. Jan Fasen was convicted in 2012 for purchasing hundreds of thousands of kilograms of horsemeat from Brazil and Mexico... Thu, 02 May 2013 11:23:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2058176-dutch-horse-meat-trader-fined-halal-beef.html 2013-05-02T11:23:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2056446-scholars-find-cannibalism-jamestown-settlement.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Virginia, survived harsh conditions by turning to cannibalism. For years, there have been tales of people in the first permanent English settlement in America eating dogs, cats, rats, mice,... Wed, 01 May 2013 19:57:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2056446-scholars-find-cannibalism-jamestown-settlement.html 2013-05-01T19:57:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2053576-wanted-polar-bear-spotter-norwegian-islands.html OSLO, Norway (AP) — Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords? If so, Norway might have a summer job for you: three weeks in the Arctic wilderness spotting polar bears. The governor's office on the remote northern islands of Svalbard is seeking a polar bear spotter to warn researchers doing projects in the region. The job starts July 8 and als... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:13:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2053576-wanted-polar-bear-spotter-norwegian-islands.html 2013-04-30T14:13:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2050922-eu-aims-to-better-protect-bees-pesticides.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union plans to restrict the use of three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee populations. The announcement Monday was cheered by environmentalists, disappointed chemical companies and came after the bloc's 27 nations failed to agree on a common stand. EU Consumer Commissioner Tonio Borg said his agency will override the... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:06:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2050922-eu-aims-to-better-protect-bees-pesticides.html 2013-04-29T16:06:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2050746-excited-cheetah-grazes-face-botswana-president.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An overexcited cheetah jumped up from behind a fence and scratched the face of Botswana's President Ian Khama, causing minor injuries, the southern African leader's spokesman said Monday. It was "a freak accident, not an attack," spokesman Jeff Ramsay told The Associated Press by telephone. He said Khama did not go to the hospital but ... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:37:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2050746-excited-cheetah-grazes-face-botswana-president.html 2013-04-29T15:37:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2046674-beekeepers-create-buzz-with-uk-parliament-protest.html LONDON (AP) — Scores of worried beekeepers — and a brace of fashionistas — have gathered outside Britain's Parliament in a bid to convince the government to back a ban on pesticides that have been blamed for a worrying drop in bee populations. The demonstrators say they hope to influence Britain's vote next week on a proposed European Union ban on some pe... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:38:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2046674-beekeepers-create-buzz-with-uk-parliament-protest.html 2013-04-26T13:38:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2044176-study-bird-flu-jumped-directly-chickens.html LONDON (AP) — Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans became infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live market. Chinese scientists compared swabs from birds at markets in eastern China to virus samples from four patients who caught the new H7N9 virus. The scientists found the virus from one patie... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:51:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2044176-study-bird-flu-jumped-directly-chickens.html 2013-04-25T15:51:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2039274-germany-biebers-monkey-going.html BERLIN (AP) — German customs authorities said Tuesday that Justin Bieber's monkey is going nowhere for now even though the singer has apparently asked that it be removed from an animal shelter where it is staying and be placed in a zoo. Mally, a 17-week-old capuchin monkey, was seized by customs authorities March 28 when Bieber failed to produce the requi... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:06:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2039274-germany-biebers-monkey-going.html 2013-04-23T17:06:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2036104-vietnam-police-seize-53-king-cobras-car.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese police say they have seized 53 king cobras from a car in Hanoi and arrested the driver. Officer Dang Van Hanh said Monday the live snakes were taken to a wildlife rescue center near the capital where they treated before being released into the wild. King cobras are the world's longest venomous snake, and grow up to 5.5 met... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:28:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2036104-vietnam-police-seize-53-king-cobras-car.html 2013-04-22T10:28:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2036072-group-kicks-planting-ancient-tree-clones.html COPEMISH, Mich. (AP) — California's mighty redwoods are going international, cloned in an effort to promote reforestation and deal with climate change. Although measuring just 18 inches (45 centimeters) tall, the laboratory-produced trees are genetic duplicates of three giants that were cut down in northern California more than a century ago. Remarkably, ... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:09:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2036072-group-kicks-planting-ancient-tree-clones.html 2013-04-22T10:09:52Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2030680-3-years-later-oil-spill-cleanup-study-carries.html BAY JIMMY, La. (AP) — At first glance, the marshy, muddy coastline of Bay Jimmy in southeast Louisiana appears healthy three years after the nation's worst offshore oil spill. Brown pelicans and seagulls cruise the shoreline, plucking fish and crabs from the water. Snails hold firm to tall blades of marsh grass. Underneath the surface, environmentalists a... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:23:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2030680-3-years-later-oil-spill-cleanup-study-carries.html 2013-04-19T10:23:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2027904-dutch-court-upholds-recall-suspect-meat.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court on Thursday upheld a decision by the country's Food and Consumer Product Authority to recall 50,000 tons of meat sold across Europe as beef. The agency said it fears the meat, which came from a processing plant named after its owner Willy Selten, may have had horse meat mixed into it. It said an investigation of Selten's rec... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:39:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2027904-dutch-court-upholds-recall-suspect-meat.html 2013-04-18T13:39:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2027802-gang-steals-rhino-horns-irish-museum-storage.html DUBLIN (AP) — Masked men stole stuffed rhinoceros heads containing eight valuable horns from the warehouse of Ireland's National Museum, police and museum officials said Thursday, in a heist being linked to an Irish Gypsy gang that specializes in such raids across Europe. Police said three men raided the storeroom in Swords, north of Dublin, on Wednesday ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:13:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2027802-gang-steals-rhino-horns-irish-museum-storage.html 2013-04-18T12:13:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2023004-eu-test-safety-issues-with-horsemeat.html BRUSSELS (AP) — More than 7,000 tests across the European Union have shown that nearly 5 percent of the food products labeled as beef contained horse meat, but there is no danger to public health, officials said Tuesday. The tests showed that the veterinary anti-inflammatory drug phenylbutazone, or bute, was present in about .5 percent of the horse meat, ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:55:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2023004-eu-test-safety-issues-with-horsemeat.html 2013-04-16T15:55:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2022574-dutch-company-linked-to-horse-meat-fraud-bankrupt.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A meat processing plant and wholesaler suspected of mixing undeclared horse meat with beef was declared bankrupt Tuesday by one judge and the owner went to another court in a bid to halt a huge recall that has crippled his business. Dutch authorities are recalling 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef across Europe because its exa... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:53:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2022574-dutch-company-linked-to-horse-meat-fraud-bankrupt.html 2013-04-16T15:53:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2019948-correction-afghanistan-opium-story.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In an April 15 story about a U.N. report on opium production in Afghanistan, The Associated Press miscalculated the price per pound for opium. The correct version is that prices went from about $60 to $85 a kilogram ($27 to $38 a pound) to $300 ($136) in 2011. Although prices this year range from $160 per kilogram ($72 per pound) to $200 per kilogra... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:52:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2019948-correction-afghanistan-opium-story.html 2013-04-16T14:52:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2022692-south-africa-elephant-handler-trampled-to-death.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A handler at an elephant park in South Africa was trampled to death while taking elephants out for exercise, the park's owner said Tuesday. The accident happened at around 7 a.m. Monday at the Elephant Sanctuary near Hartbeespoort Dam, west of Pretoria. About half an hour earlier on the same day, an elephant injured two tourists when i... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:33:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2022692-south-africa-elephant-handler-trampled-to-death.html 2013-04-16T12:33:54Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2018630-reptiles-insects-otter-die-scotland-zoo-fire.html LONDON (AP) — A fire has claimed the lives of reptiles, insects and a male otter at the Five Sisters Zoo in Scotland. Officials said Sunday the blaze started in the zoo's tropical house and was fought by some 50 firefighters. Visitor services worker Lesley Coupar said the fire was "the worst nightmare" because the zoo is owned and staffed by animal lovers... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:01:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2018630-reptiles-insects-otter-die-scotland-zoo-fire.html 2013-04-14T16:01:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2015510-lithuanian-woman-shares-with-3-puma-cubs.html KLAIPEDA, Lithuania (AP) — A Lithuanian woman says she has been raising three pumas in her three-room apartment after fearing for their lives at the local zoo. Rasa Veliute, a 23-year-old volunteer at the zoo in Klaipeda, a Baltic Sea port town, says she took the cubs home four months ago after their mother began neglecting them. The pumas — also known as... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:12:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2015510-lithuanian-woman-shares-with-3-puma-cubs.html 2013-04-12T12:12:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2010512-dutch-recall-50000-tons-meat-europe.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch authorities are recalling 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef across Europe because its exact source cannot be established and it may contain horse meat, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. The announcement was the latest development in a far-reaching scandal that saw horse meat mixed in with other meats and sold as beef across ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:08:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2010512-dutch-recall-50000-tons-meat-europe.html 2013-04-10T15:08:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2008952-uk-chain-pulls-corned-beef-vet-drug.html LONDON (AP) — British supermarket chain Asda says it is recalling all corned beef from its budget range after traces of a veterinary drug were found in some batches. The Food Standards Agency says "very low levels" of a painkiller called phenylbutazone, known as "bute," were detected in the products. The agency said Tuesday it was the first time the drug ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:37:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2008952-uk-chain-pulls-corned-beef-vet-drug.html 2013-04-09T19:37:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2000390-groups-tanzania-govt-kicking-maasai-land.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania's government is preparing to kick Maasai tribesmen off cattle-grazing land near the country's most famous wildlife park and will instead allow a hunting company from the United Arab Emirates to take control of it, groups and community members trying to raise awareness on the issue said Friday. The reclassification of the lan... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:05:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2000390-groups-tanzania-govt-kicking-maasai-land.html 2013-04-05T21:05:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2000308-ewes-ful-paris-hires-sheep-to-mow-city-lawns.html PARIS (AP) — Will tourists soon see flocks of baaing sheep at the Eiffel Tower and bleating ewes by Notre Dame cathedral? That could be the case, since Paris City Hall this week installed a small flock of sheep to mow the lawn at the city's gardens, replacing gas-guzzling lawnmowers. Four woolly ewes — shipped in from an island off the Brittany coast — ar... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:31:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2000308-ewes-ful-paris-hires-sheep-to-mow-city-lawns.html 2013-04-05T14:31:17Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1993648-polish-horse-meat-tested-positive-banned-drug.html PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic veterinary authority says horse meat imported from Poland tested positive for phenylbutazone, a drug given to horses that can cause health problems in humans. Horse meat from the animals treated with the drug is banned from being sold in the European Union. Josef Duben, spokesman for the authority, said Tuesday the drug wa... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:08:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1993648-polish-horse-meat-tested-positive-banned-drug.html 2013-04-02T19:08:24Z