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Lesser flamingos lose one of their only four African breeding sites to sewage
By Tim CocksUntil the last half-decade, the majestic lesser flamingo had four African breeding sites: two salt pans in Botswana and Namibia, a soda lake in Tanzania, and an artificial dam outside ...
A new book sets out to trace the roots of modern languages back to one ancient tongue
The Italic languages had already diverged into Latin, Oscan, Umbrian and possibly Venetic – a language which, as its name ...
Only 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. But Cyprus’ Maronites are mounting a comeback
The Cypriot village of Kormakitis is the last bastion of a language once spoken by tens of thousands of people. Maronites are ...
Alien plants and animals have cost Europe over $1.5 trillion, study finds
Alien plants and animals cost Europe over $1.5 trillion in the last six decades, according to a new study, indicating the ...