Amsterdam / AFP Seals peep from Amsterdam’s famous canals, while rare bats huddle in the eaves of houses, next to nesting birds. Wildlife — of the animal kind — is on the rise in the teeming Dutch capital. More than 10,000 different animal species roam the city’s nooks and crannies, sharing space already packed with around 800,000 Amsterdamers and …

  Frankfurt / DPA With the help of a CT scan, Monica Solorzano Kraemer has discovered an ancient fly encased in a piece of amber from France. “Some ambers are too cloudy for a microscope,” says the scientist from Germany’s Senckenberg Society for Natural History. “With a CT scan I can look right through the stone.” A 3D computer programme …

  DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS Emirates NBD, the UAE’s largest lender, delivered a solid set of financial results with net profit up 8% to AED 5.4 billion for the first nine months of 2016. The operating performance was helped by higher recoveries and a modest increase in total income, driven by higher core fee income and asset growth which offset …