David Saldaña spends his mornings driving around the Harbor area of Los Angeles, scouting out local businesses. When the 28-year-old spots one, he’ll walk in, give them his business card with FoodCycle LA, and ask them to donate food to…

“How to pass the custom?” “You need to bribe someone. We do not bribe the custom, but the police officer, with higher level…” “By container?” “Yes. Possible.” “Have you tried?” “[…] I just send it to Brazil, there are more…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightDiamond Light Source A priceless fossil was briefly brought to a UK research centre in complete secrecy two years ago, in an operation that had more than a touch of the spy…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing German photographer and film-maker Stefan Christmann spent two winters alongside a 10,000-strong colony of emperor penguins in Atka Bay, Antarctica. image copyrightStefan Christmann Christmann was a camera assistant and expedition photographer for an…

A solemn Kanimari man looks at filmmaker Céline Cousteau and says, “I’m 28 years old. All of my cousins — my relatives that were born at the same time as me — they’re all dead.” He lives in one of…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightGetty Images/Reuters The US and its allies should reject calls for a global ban on AI-powered autonomous weapons systems, according to an official report commissioned for the American President and Congress. It…

Rodger Schlickeisen made a name for himself in conservation circles from the early 1990s thanks to his leadership at Defenders of Wildlife, which grew rapidly in membership and influence during his 20 years at the helm. The group became known…

National and international NGOs from around the world have asked more than two dozen banks not to finance a 1,445-kilometer (898-mile) pipeline to shuttle oil from fields in Uganda to a port on Tanzania’s coast. The groups contend that the…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing Radar satellites got their first good look at Antarctica’s new mega-iceberg over the weekend. The EU’s Sentinel-1 and Germany’s TerraSAR-X spacecraft both had passes over the 1,270-sq-km (490-sq-mile) block, informally named “A74”. Their…