In some Swiss valleys the European lesser horseshoe bat began to vanish after streetlights were installed, perhaps because those valleys were suddenly filled with light-feeding pipistrelle bats.
During a church service in Cape Town, retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Mandela helped lead the country to reconciliation as he dismantled white minority rule.
As part of her job, she conducted field research on toxic substances in the environment, often in minority communities located near large industrial polluters.
Many Asian-American students found themselves in limbo, unable to identify with the white majority, but separated by definition from the minorities on campus.
He is contemptuous of environmentalism and of indigenous reserves, which he sees as unfairly blocking economic development (a minority of the indigenous agree with him).
China, Iran, Cuba, and Russia are among a handful of countries that support President Maduro who says he was fairly elected and that international assistance isn't needed in Venezuela.