Environmentalists have made an urgent appeal to protect wild bees after discovering that their numbers have plunged by up to 80 per cent. Britta Raabe from NABU - one of Germany's leading environment groups- has revealed that wild bee populations decreased between 60 and 80 per cent in the past…
The oldest zoo in the world has celebrated Reptile Awareness Day by highlighting a conservation project aimed to ensure the survival of one of the rarest turtle species in the world. Officials from the Tiergarten Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria initiated the project to rescue the northern river terrapin (Batagur…
This grieving dad seen here in happier times with his teenage daughter has opened up about the bullying that led the 15-year-old to tragically take her own life. Teenage Kira from the Spanish city of Barcelona took her own life on 19th May last year, following months of being bullied…
Survivors of human trafficking struggle to afford tertiary education and yet universities can play a significant role in combatting this crime against humanity. This is why Kendall Alaimo -- a survivor of human trafficking, artist and international activist – is launching a campaign to raise awareness and encourage partnership by…
A sand sculpture exhibition aimed to target environmental conservation and species protection issues is about to take place in Germany. A total of 25 sand sculptors from eleven different European countries have gathered in the Travemunde seaside resort in the city of Lubeck in Germany for the annual sand exhibition…
An Argentine design student will have to take an anti-Semitism awareness course after she presented a design of a vacuum cleaner with a large swastika on the end. The student presented the offensive design during a computer-aided design class at the University of Buenos Aires in the Argentine capital on…
These stunning images show Russian ballet dancers striking elegant poses among piles of rubbish to raise awareness for the environment. The ‘Breath’ project was the brainwave of two choreography graduates from the north-western Russian city of Saint Petersburg in Leningrad Oblast, and the shoot was carried out by photographer Irina…