Shipment of World’s Rarest Tortoise Intercepted on Way to Indonesia

Jakarta Globe – Madagascar police have arrested two men attempting to smuggle out nearly 200 threatened tortoises, including two dozen of the rarest species on Earth, a conservation group said on Thursday. The shipment was destined for Indonesia. The 26 specimens of Ploughshare tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora) seized comprise about five per cent of the estimated [...]

Explorers begin attempt to row to North Pole

The Telegraph -  They hope to make history by rowing 450 miles across the Arctic sea to the magnetic North Pole. The trip to the Pole, which they estimate will take between four to six weeks, has not been done before. It is only possible now because of more ice-melt in the Arctic, organisers said. [...]