Southern Europe and The Northwestern Mediterranean Coast from The ISS

Southern Europe and The Northwestern Mediterranean Coast from The ISS

Handout - JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this photo of southern Europe and the northwestern Mediterranean coast from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Earth on August 30, 2025. At left, the Po Valley urban corridor in Italy shines with the metropolitan areas of Milan and Turin and their surrounding suburbs. Crew members aboard the orbital lab have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, oceans, and atmosphere of Earth, and even of the Moon through Crew Earth Observations. Their photographs of Earth record how the planet changes over time due to human activity and natural events. This allows scientists to monitor disasters and direct response on the ground and study a number of phenomena, from the movement of glaciers to urban wildlife. Photo by JAXA/Kimiya Yui/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

16.06.2025, Tartu. Squirrel rehabilitation and release enclosure. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

16.06.2025, Tartu. Squirrel rehabilitation and release enclosure. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

16.06.2025, Tartu. Squirrel rehabilitation and release enclosure. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

16.06.2025, Tartu. Squirrel rehabilitation and release enclosure. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

16.06.2025, Tartu. Squirrel rehabilitation and release enclosure. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

Urban Wildlife Rehabilitation

16.06.2025, Tartu. Squirrel rehabilitation and release enclosure. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

US: 2 Killed In Halloween Night Shooting In Orlando, Florida

Two men were killed and at least seven others injured in a shooting in downtown Orlando late on Halloween night, October 31, shortly after 1:00 a.m. A video captures the chaotic scene that followed, with several individuals receiving treatment on the street.

WWF warns of drought's impact on Zambia's wildlife, calls for conservation measures

STORY: WWF warns of drought's impact on Zambia's wildlife, calls for conservation measures SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 3, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:15 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. File shot of the WWF office in Lusaka 2. File shot of Lusaka street 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NALUCHA NGANGA-ZIBA, WWF-Zambia Country Director 4. File shot of flowers 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NALUCHA NGANGA-ZIBA, WWF-Zambia Country Director 6. File shot of flowers 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): NALUCHA NGANGA-ZIBA, WWF-Zambia Country Director 8. File shot of Lusaka urban road STORYLINE: The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) issued a warning on Friday, highlighting the dire drought situation in Zambia and its potential negative impact on wildlife, while also exacerbating human-animal conflicts. Nalucha Nganga-Ziba, the WWF-Zambia country director, expressed concerns about the imminent emergence of human-animal conflicts ahead of the commemoration of this year's World Wildlife Day to be held on Sunday. Ngan

Rare bird spotted in main urban area of Nanchang, China

STORY: Rare bird spotted in main urban area of Nanchang, China DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:27 LOCATION: NANCHANG, China CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the yellow-breasted bunting (courtesy of Nanchang TV) STORYLINE: The images of a rare bird were captured by a resident recently near the Wusha River in Honggutan District of Nanchang City, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. The bird has been identified as a yellow-breasted bunting, which is under first-class national protection. This was the first sighting of the bird in the main urban area of Nanchang. Native to northeast China and Siberia, Russia, its population was not under threat in 2000, but numbers have decreased sharply in recent years. The yellow-breasted bunting was rated "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2017 and listed as a national top-level protected wildlife in China in 2021. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanchang, China. (XHTV)

Wildlife park in Jerusalem sees good protection of gazelles

STORY: Wildlife park in Jerusalem sees good protection of gazelles DATELINE: July 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:58 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: SOUNDBITE (English): AMIR BALABAN, Head of the urban wildlife initiative in the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI)various of gazellesvarious of the park STORYLINE: Gazelle Valley is a wildlife park in downtown Jerusalem. It provides a safe habitat for around 100 gazelles and helps raise people's awareness of protecting them. SOUNDBITE (English): AMIR BALABAN, Head of the urban wildlife initiative in the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) "Well, we're in Gazelle Valley Park, that is one of Jerusalem's most important urban wildlife parks, the largest one of them in the center of town." In this case, what we did is instead of letting them (gazelles) die out, we preserve them by fencing the park, protecting them from outside dangers. And on the other hand, we are helping them by preserving these beautiful habita

NETHERLANDS-BIRDS

NETHERLANDS-BIRDS

European robin bird species, scientifically named Erithacus rubecula as seen in a park in Meerhoven near Eindhoven during a cold winter day with low temperature. The bird is known as robin or robin redbreast and is a small insectivorous passerine bird. Meerhoven, The Netherlands on January 6, 2021 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto) (Credit:Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

Kyodo News photo series wins silver award in Paris contest

Kyodo News photo series wins silver award in Paris contest

This photo of a crow taking wings in a quiet residential area in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on March 15, 2014, with a wire hanger in its beak to make a nest on a power pole is one of five photos in a series titled "Wild Animals in Urban Life" by Kyodo News that won the silver award in the nature-wildlife category for professional photographers in the 2015 Paris Photography Prize competition. Also known as "Px3," the contest is Europe's biggest photography contest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo