nytimes.com — Lawrence Anthony, who abandoned a career in insurance and real estate to play Noah to the world’s endangered species, most spectacularly in rushing to the smoldering Baghdad Zoo after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, died on March 2 in Johannesburg. He was 61....

guardian.co.uk — Cassava is ideal crop for sub-Saharan regions, as it thrives in hotter conditions and grows without water, study shows....

news.mongabay.com — Rwanda has raised the price of a permit to see mountain gorillas to $750 per day starting June 1, 2012, up from $500....

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bbc.co.uk — The world has developed a taste for South Africa's rooibos tea in recent years, mainly because of its perceived health benefits. But the tea only grows in this small area and erratic weather patterns - blamed by some on climate change - mean the plant and the new industry are now under threat....

edition.cnn.com — Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Kenyan Wangari Maathai, the first woman from Africa to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died Monday after a battle with cancer. She was 71.

Maathai, an environmentalist, had long campaigned for human rights and the empowerment of Africa's most impoverished people....