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A group of initiated participants take part in the iboga harvesting ceremony with spiritual chants, enhanced by the rhythmic sounds of the moungongo, a traditional musical instrument in Ndossy Village, Akanda.

Gabon longs to cash in on sacred hallucinogenic remedy

Beneath yellow fruit, hidden within the roots of the iboga plant in the forests of Gabon, lies a sacred treasure that the country is keen to make the most of. For centuries, religious devotees have eaten it -- a psychotropic shrub that users say has...

A Mount Augustus snail laying an egg through its neck in Hokitika, New Zealand.

What the shell: Scientists marvel as NZ snail lays egg from neck

A rare New Zealand snail has been filmed for the first time squeezing an egg from its neck, delighting scientists trying to save the critically endangered meat-eating mollusc. Threatened by coal mining in New Zealand’s South Island, a small popula...

Head herpetologist, Geofrey Maranga, handles an African puff adder during an extraction of it's venom.

Kenya's desperate need for more snake antivenom

Writhing in pain on a hospital bed in a Kenyan coastal town, teenage snakebite victim Shukurani Konde Tuva faced the grim reality of his left leg from above the knee being amputated. The 14-year-old was bitten by a puff adder -- a venomous snake and...

This handout photo taken on April 17, 2025, and released on April 23, 2025 by the University of Wollongong shows Scott Hocknull, a vertebrate palaeontologist and senior curator at the Queensland Museum, holding a Protemnodon skull fossil.-- AFP

Giant kangaroos perished during ‘climate upheaval’

SYDNEY: Giant prehistoric kangaroos perished when “climate upheaval” turned lush Australian rainforest into desert, scientists said Thursday after studying ancient fossils with new techniques. Weighing as much as 170 kilograms (375 pounds) - alm...

A student in hazmat suit moves around "Frikkie", a taxidermied rhino at the "crime scene" set up in the warehouse of the Wildlife Forensic Academy in the Buffelsfontein Game and Nature Reserve near Cape Town.--AFP photos

Inside South Africa's wildlife CSI school helping to catch poachers

The rhino lay frozen in the sand, its grey legs stiff, glassy eyes open, horn crudely sawed off. A dead giraffe slumped nearby and a lion's twisted body to the right -- a tableau of devastation. Three figures in white hazmat suits tip-toed thro...

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Kuwait PM chairs meeting to discuss key developmental projects implementation. —KUNA

Kuwait PM chairs meeting to discuss key developmental projects implementation

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His Highness the Prime Minister chairs meeting with Airbus delegation. — KUNA

Kuwait PM chairs meeting with Airbus delegation

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KUWAIT: Families attend Kuwait University's three-day campaign where prospective students can connect with university officials to guide them through the admissions process at the Avenues Mall. — KUNA photos

KU showcases new programs at 3-day event at The Avenues

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Kuwait Ministry of Health launching a summer awareness campaign titled "Enhance Your Health with Climate Change"

Health Ministry kicks off climate change awareness campaign