The specialist team that safely stabilized and transferred over one million barrels of crude oil from a decaying supertanker off the cost of Yemen, left the site on Monday, marking the end of a pivotal chapter in the UN-led operation to prevent a potentially disastrous oil spill in the Red Sea. The meticulous effort onboard the rusting FSO Safer spanned months of preparation … [Read more...]
Leopard Toads a hop away from extinction
Watch out for the threatened Leopard Toad crossing wet roads at night! Long ago the City's southern suburbs consisted of many waterways - an ideal breeding ground for the Western Leopard Toad (Amietophrynus pantherinus). Then people moved in and erected walls around their properties, confining the frogs' normal movement and breeding patterns. Folk in this region still know … [Read more...]
