The fate of a species may just rest on this love story. Happily, the first date between Romeo, once the last-known Sehuencas water frog, and Juliet, who was discovered deep inside a Bolivian cloud forest in January, went so well the two have been living together in the male s aquarium since. According to a statement by Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC) on Monday, the pair were introduced on March 1 after being cleared of chytridiomycosis, which has decimated amphibian populations throughout the Neotropics region.

During excavation work carried out at the Quweisna quarries in Menoufiya, an Egyptian archaeological mission stumbled upon a limestone sarcophagus containing two mummies. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the sarcophagus is two metres tall and 60cm wide and is in good condition.

The UN headquarters in New York, the pyramids of Egypt and Rio s Christ the Redeemer statue were among top world monuments plunged into darkness for an hour Saturday to put the spotlight on climate change and its impact on the planet. Organized by environmental watchdog WWF, the 13th edition of Earth Hour saw millions of people across 180 countries turning off their lights at 8:30 pm to highlight energy use and the need for conservation.

An ancient port used to transport stones for the construction of temples and obelisks has been discovered in Egypt, according to the country’s Ministry of Antiquities. In a Facebook post Tuesday, the ministry said the main port, used to transport stone along the Nile River from the quarries of Gebel el-Silsila, was uncovered during an archaeological expedition excavating the ruins of Kom Ombo near Aswan.

After spending the winter months hibernating inside a fridge at a rescue center in Belarus, a group of bats awaken and are released into the wild. To ensure a good winter s sleep, each bat was tucked up inside a cloth bag by volunteers at the center, then hung up inside an ordinary domestic fridge — giving them just the right amount of moisture and cold. The Kozhanopolis center, which is located in Minsk, takes in bats that are found by members of the public after struggling to find a safe place to hibernate.

A 2.3 percent jump in global energy demand last year outstripped the expansion of renewables and helped drive record-high greenhouse gas emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday. Fossil fuels satisfied nearly 70 percent of that growth for the second year running, with natural gas accounting for 45 percent of the rise in energy consumption, according to the Agency’s Global Energy & CO2 Status Report.

200,000 tickets have been sold for the King Tutankhamun exhibition currently held in the French capital, Paris. The exhibition will continue until September 15, Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said. The number of visitors reached nearly 15,000 during the past 48 hours, he added.

Famed Polish theater troupe Teatr TM (Theater TM) will rock Hanager Theater’s stage with “Out at Sea,” a play written by renowned Sławomir Mrożek on Friday 29 March, the Polish Embassy said in a statement. English and Arabic subtitles will be screened during the performance, guaranteeing the audience full enjoyment of the witty dialogues framed within a fascinating theme.

The world can eradicate tuberculosis by 2045 if the fight against the killer disease is properly funded, an international team of experts said Wednesday. Warning of the immense economic and social costs of inaction, they said that better screening, treatments and public awareness were needed to reduce the more than 10 million cases recorded every year.

Google Middle East celebrated the 119th birthday of Egyptian poet Jamila Al-Alaily on Wednesday with a doodle featuring her on the search engine page. Al-Alaily was born in Mansoura in 1907, moving to Cairo as an adult. Her poems were featured in the famous Egyptian magazine Apollo, published by the Apollo society for literature, winning the praise of its famous members like writers Ibrahim Nagy and Ali El-Gendy.

Alexandria University’s Archaeological Mission unearthed several anchors on Monday while surveying the Bagosh area near Marsa Matrouh, under the supervision of the Central Department of Submerged Antiquities of the Ministry of Antiquities. Head of the Submerged Antiquities department Ihab Fahmy stated that the anchors were made of stones, irons and lead and dated from the Hellenistic era until the 20th century.

In collaboration between the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and Brooklyn Museum, an exhibition titled “Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt” will run at the Brooklyn Museum from March 22 until August 11. According to the Pulitzer Arts Foundation s website, this exhibition is the first to portray the history of iconoclasm (destruction of religious art) within ancient Egypt. Utilizing almost 40 artifacts from the museum s collection, the exhibition aims to shed light on the widespread campaigns of intentional destruction that was religiously and politically motivated. The legacies of pharaohs Hatshepsut (reigned ca. 1478–1458 BCE) and Akhenaten (reigned ca. 1353–1336 BCE) are the main subjects, in addition to the topic of iconoclasm targeting religious beliefs of the time by devastating their objects. Both intact and damaged pieces will be put on display. By focusing on how iconoclasm as a practice existed within ancient times and continues until day this, visitors will question the nature of ownership, memory, and visual culture.

Hundreds of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on Friday to march through the streets for an international day of student protests aimed at pushing world leaders into action on climate change. Classrooms in capitals from Bangkok to Berlin and Lagos to London emptied as organizers of the student strike called demonstrations in more than 100 countries.

Minister of Agricultural and Land Reformation Ezz El Din Abu Steit and Governor of Aswan Ahmed Ibrahim launched the workshop “Role of the Botanical Garden in the Agricultural Development and Environment in Aswan,” on Thursday as part of the environmental initiative “Tashgeer” in Aswan. General Supervisor of the botanical garden and the initiative’s coordinator Hesham al-Tayb clarified that the garden would participate in the initiative, which aims to plant 100 thousand trees in Aswan.

Khalid Elewa, head of Alexandria Passenger Transportation Authority (APTA) announced on Tuesday that Alexandria s new tram has begun trial operation. Elewa pointed out that the tram first operated without commuters in six trial trips under the supervision of experts from the Ukrainian technical committee. The tram s trial operation later transported commuters and stopped in 30 lines starting from San Stephano s station to Ras al-Tin Station.

The Information Center of the Cabinet denied rumors that 32 percent of the artifact of Egypt, equal to 32,600, were smuggled since 2011. The center said in a report that it had contacted the Ministry of Antiquities, which categorically denied the news, stressing that 32 percent of the Egyptian antiquities were neither smuggled nor sold abroad and that the state has been careful to preserve it s cultural heritage against illegal attempts to smuggle Egyptian antiquities abroad.

Thursday marked the grand opening of the ninth edition of the Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children, the only large-scale annual event in Egypt which brings local and international theatre shows to a young audience. The highlight of the day was the iconic puppet musical El-Leila El-Kebira (“The Grand Night”). Prior to the official opening in Cairo, the festival had already held events in Alexandria (from 4 to 5 March), visiting a few locations with a number of shows and attracting numerous children who came with their schools or families.

After five years of absence from television, Bassem Youssef announced that he will return in a program about the plant based diet (PBD) on BBC Extra. Youssef will be talking about the PBD in a series of episodes. He has been following the diet for several years. He said on a BBC teaser that he will be discussing PBD from multiple scientific perspectives including both those that support and oppose it.

Seals and whales in the Arctic are shifting their feeding patterns as climate change alters their habitats, and the way they do so may determine whether they survive, a new study has found. Researchers harnessed datasets spanning two decades to examine how two species of Arctic wildlife — beluga whales, also known as white whales, and ringed seals — are adapting to their changing homes. Both species traditionally hunt for food in areas with sea ice and particularly at so-called tidal glacier fronts, where glaciers meet the ocean.

The Indian Embassy in Egypt, alongside Teamwork Arts, launched the seventh radiating edition of the cultural festival India by the Nile 2019 on Tuesday March 5, which will run until March 17. The festival’s cultural and artistic events will take place in several Egyptian governorates including Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said. “Although this is my first year to present India in this glamorous festival, I’ve heard impressive feedback when I was at New Delhi about the success of the prior six editions,” the Indian Ambassador to Egypt Rahul Kulshreshth told Egypt Independent.