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In this photo provided by the Max Planck Institute a wild chimpanzee eats a tortoise, whose hard shell was cracked against tree trunks before scooping out the meat at the Loango National Park on the Atlantic coast of Gabon, May 20, 2019. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and the University of Osnabrueck said Thursday they spotted the unusual behavior dozens of times in a group of chimpanzees at Loango National Park in Gabon. (Erwan Theleste/Max Planck Institute via AP)

Wild chimpanzees spotted cracking open tortoises for meat

by Frank Jordans Associated PressMay 24, 2019

BERLIN — Scientists have observed wild chimpanzees tucking into an unusual snack: tortoises, whose hard shells they crack against tree trunks before scooping out the meat.In a paper published Thursday by the journal Scientific Reports, researchers…

Heads of the delegations react at the end of the final session of the COP24 summit on climate changein Katowice, Poland, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Nations at UN Climate Talks Back Universal Emissions Rules

by Frank Jordans Associated PressDecember 15, 2018

Visitors to the U.N. climate conference watch a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger, in Katowice, Poland, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The COP24 UN Climate Change Conference is taking place in Katowice, Poland. Negotiators from around the world are meeting for talks on curbing climate change. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Leaders Stress Need to Win Support for Global Climate Measures

by Frank Jordans Associated Press, and Monika Scislowska Associated PressDecember 4, 2018

A demonstrator holds a placard which reads 'climate first, politics second' during a 'Claim the Climate' march in Brussels, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. The climate change conference, COP24, will take place in Poland from Dec. 2-14. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Poland Climate Talks Kick Off With Boost From G-20 Summit

by Frank Jordans Associated PressDecember 3, 2018

In this 2011 photo provided by Bence Viola of the University of Toronto, researchers excavate a cave for Denisovan fossils in the Altai Krai area of Russia. On Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, scientists reported in the journal Nature that they have found the remains of an ancient female whose mother was a Neanderthal and whose father belonged to another extinct group of human relatives known as Denisovans. (Bence Viola/Department of Anthropology - University of Toronto/Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology via AP)

Fossil Shows Mix of Humankind’s Cousins

by Frank Jordans Associated PressAugust 23, 2018

Journalists take photos of the judges of the Federal Administrative Court, in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. The German court ruled Tuesday that cities can impose driving bans on diesel cars to combat air pollution, a decision that could affect millions of drivers and the country's powerful auto industry. (Sebastian Willnow/dpa via AP)

German Cities Can Ban Diesel

by Frank Jordans Associated PressFebruary 28, 2018

A sculpture with polar bear on a spear by Danish artist Jens Galschiot is pictured outside the 23rd UN Conference of the Parties (COP) climate talks in Bonn, Germany, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Climate Talks Wrap Up With Some Progress on Paris Rulebook

by Frank Jordans Associated PressNovember 18, 2017

California Governor Jerry Brown speaks in the U.S. Climate Action Center at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Brown's and Michael Bloomberg's "America's Pledge" campaign works to compile and tally the climate actions of states, cities, colleges, businesses, and other local actors across the entire U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

States Back Paris Deal

by Frank Jordans Associated Press, and Dorothee Thiesing Associated PressNovember 12, 2017

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2017 file photo the exhaust pipes of a VW Diesel car are photographed in Frankfurt, Germany.The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 will take place under Presidency of the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany and starts on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)

5 Things to Know About Upcoming Bonn Climate Summit

by Frank Jordans Associated PressNovember 5, 2017

FILE - In this July 21, 2017 file photo, researchers look out from the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as the sun sets over sea ice floating on the Victoria Strait along the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. After 24 days at sea and a journey spanning more than 10,000 kilometers (6,214 miles), the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica has set a new record for the earliest transit of the fabled Northwest Passage. The once-forbidding route through the Arctic, linking the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, has been opening up sooner and for a longer period each summer due to climate change. Sea ice that foiled famous explorers and blocked the passage to all but the hardiest ships has slowly been melting away in one of the most visible effects of man-made global warming.(AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Icebreaker Sets Mark for Earliest Northwest Passage Transit

by Frank Jordans Associated PressJuly 30, 2017