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'Extremely intelligent' bear at large in Japan after hurting four

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A grizzly bear roams through the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.— Reuters/File An "extremely intelligent" bear that injured four people in northern Japan remains at large as of Friday, after apparently unlatching a window while evading capture and...

Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in bug-breeder bust

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A handout photo taken on 26 May 2026 and received on 5 June 2026 from the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water shows some of the 100,000 contraband cockroaches found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney, Australia....

'Tiger of the mountains': Nepali climber alive after six days missing on Mount Everest

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Medics and rescuers transfer mountaineer Dawa Sherpa from a helicopter upon his arrival at the HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu on June 4, 2026. — AFP KATHMANDU: A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was believed dead has been found alive after...

Indonesian parrot, seen once in a century, reappears in mountain forest

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The Blue-fronted Lorikeet in the highlands of Mount Kapalatmada in Buru, Indonesia, in this photograph taken in April 2026 and released on June 1, 2026. — Reuters For the past century, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet was one of Indonesia's most elusive birds, known only from a...

Chinese relive 'wonderful' youth in viral sneak-eating contest

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A representational image of Chinese class room. — Reuters/File Sitting in a fake classroom mocked-up in a Beijing mall, hundreds of Chinese adults spent the weekend reliving their rebellious childhoods as they took part in a "school sneak-eating" contest. Using...

Cleaning the chakras of Ecuador's cats and dogs

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Ecuadorean curandera Amparo Lugmana blows undiluted alcohol during a ritual of energy cleansing on the dog Copito at the San Francisco market in Quito, Ecuador. — AFP QUITO: Is your pooch feeling peevish? Too much negative energy? In Ecuador's capital Quito, traditional...