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Scottish zoo experts believed the pregnancy would go to term, but on Monday they confirmed that the female giant panda Tian Tian is no longer pregnant.

Giorgos ChristidesSpecial for BBC, Amphipolis, Greece23 September 2014image source, access pointcaption, What illustrious figure from the ancient world do these stone guardians protect?The discovery of a huge tomb in northern Greece has fascinated the whole world.Who is buried there? they wonder.In early August, a team of Greek archaeologists led by Katerina Peristeri unearthed what authorities say is the largest burial site discovered in the country. And data from the time of Alexander the Great.image source, Greek Ministry of Culturecaption, Archaeologists still don't know who the mysterious Amphipolis tomb belongs to.The tomb is in ancient Amphipolis, an important city of the…

The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as "Lonely Jorge" and emblem of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, will remain in a museum in Quito, the Ministry of the Environment of this country published this Monday.The Ministry said that until a place was found with all the requirements to preserve the remains of what was considered one of the symbols of the Galapagos, it will not be taken there."We do not disagree with the local and national community that we consider that the best place for the Solitaire to remain is its own home, but as those responsible for…

23 September 2014image source, Gettycaption, "Now is when we must act," said the UN secretary general.Leaders of 125 countries meet this Tuesday at the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States, at the summit on climate change.The objective of the meeting is to obtain the support of the member states so that next year they sign a global agreement on climate change at a meeting that will take place in Paris."Climate change is the defining issue of our time. Now is the time to act," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said before the summit began.With so many nations participating in…