Image: Corsican waters from space

The Mediterranean Sea's most mountainous island, Corsica, dominates this image from the Landsat-8 satellite.

India's tiger population jumps

India, home to most of the world's wild tigers, on Tuesday reported a 30 percent jump in numbers over four years in a rare piece of good news for conservationists.

Oil spill threatens Israel nature reserve

A major pipeline leak has caused oil to gush into the Arava desert in southern Israel, threatening a protected nature reserve, officials said Thursday.

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