HONG KONG (AP) - Panda craze has once again gripped Hong Kong as residents compete to name the territory's first locally-born giant panda cubs who just turned six months old.

CHICAGO (AP) - Charlie Jacobsma slapped the surface of a pool enclosure at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium and scanned the water for movement.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives.

BENGALURU, India (AP) - India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss, ensuring they have enough prey, reducing human-wildlife conflict, and increasing communities' living standards near tiger areas, a study published Thursday found.

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) - A New York food bank was offered a huge donation of fresh fish this month - but it came with a catch.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Thousands of worshippers clad in white robes spilled onto Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to pay homage to Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian sea goddess.

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant - healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month caused by a tropical cyclone.