QUITO, Ecuador - Poachers in Ecuador have long known the hefty prices their country's rare frogs can fetch. But now environmentally conscious companies are starting to sell the amphibians too - to try to save them from the black market and threatened extinction.
TOKYO - Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said on Tuesday, the latest example of a global phenomenon scientists have attributed to high ocean temperatures.
SEOUL - The young woman labored up the steps, past brightly decorated walls akin to a child's nursery, her daughter in her arms. Opening a hatch in the wall, she put her inside, turned around and walked away.
WASHINGTON - Astronomers in Puerto Rico have detected what they described as "some very peculiar signals" emitting from a red dwarf star located about 11 light years from Earth.
AMSTERDAM - A national monument commemorating victims who died three years ago in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is set for a formal opening on Monday.
GUACHOCHI, Mico - In old indigenous Latin American cultures, women toil at farming and tackle family duties. Atop this remote Mexican mountain, they also slap on sandals and crush pro athletes on long-distance runs.
MUMBAI - A plus-sized Indian woman is challenging body stereotypes and defying internet trolls with a series of yoga videos that are proving a hit on social media.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Tourists flocked to Cambodia's newest World Heritage site at the weekend after it was added to the United Nations cultural list last week.
LOS ANGELES - The US Postal Service released a sheet of 20 Forever stamps featuring 10 classic Disney villains.
WINCHESTER, United Kingdom - Two hundred years after Jane Austen's death, Britain is celebrating one of its best-loved authors, who combined romance with biting social commentary that still speaks to fans around the world.
ATHENS, Greece - More than 2,500 years ago, an Athenian nobleman named Cylon - the first recorded Olympic champion - tried to take over the city of Athens and install himself as its sole ruler.
LOS ANGELES - Marvel brought thousands of fans to their feet on Saturday as it assembled a stellar panel of superheroes to preview Avengers: Infinity War at Disney's D23 convention.
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