Studies say Palawan animals’ extinction looms

Scientists and conservation experts said yesterday that Palawan, Phillippines is in danger of becoming the area where some of the country's most important species are going to go extinct due to the destruction...

Butterflies fight losing battle with climate change

Butterfiles are in decline in the UK because they are being forced into small pockets of the countryside, as climate change is drastically affecting their habitat."Dr Rob Wilson, an ecologist at Exeter University,...

Jurassic Park--for real!

So, Dubai--you want to open your own Jurassic Park as part of the Vegas-style City of Arabia development. Sure, you may call it Restless Planet, but we know the score. All we have to say is this: Dude, Dubai,...

North American Report: Hundreds of Sleeper Cells Among us!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBefore you head to your "Dale Gribble" (King of the Hill)  style underground bunker and don a flak jacket while you peer suspiciously at your next door...

Back to nature: British plan to let sea flood reclaimed land and recreate los...

"Conservation experts are to reverse five centuries of British history and deliberately allow rising sea levels to flood a huge stretch of reclaimed Essex coastline"

Elephant population in Sumatra down 35%

Bandarlampung, Southern Sumatra (ANTARA News) - The population of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in 2007 is estimated to reach between 2,400 and 2,800 heads, or a decrease by 35 percent from the...

The late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is being honoured with a new wildlife r...

"Steve Honoured With Wildlife Reserve Updated: 09:27, Monday July 23, 2007 The late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is being honoured with a new wildlife reserve in the Australian outback. A 333,000-acre chunk of land, near Weipa in the far north of Irwin's home state of...

Australia mulls kangaroo cull

"Australia's government is considering a request to cull more than 3,000 kangaroos on government properties on the outskirts of Canberra. Defence Department officials want to hire professional hunters to kill...

Amazon forest nearly halved by 2050?

Assuming that current trends continue, 40 percent of the Amazon forest will be eliminated by the year 2050.

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