The Chinese dolphin might not be extinct

"Scientists declared the white dolphin, native to China's Yangtze river, extinct last year. But there is a shred of hope: the animal may have been spotted swimming in the wild. Wang Ding, a researcher with the Institute of Hydrobiology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences,...

Rare river dolphin 'now extinct'

"A freshwater dolphin found only in China is now "likely to be extinct", a team of scientists has concluded."

From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine

"The kidneys fail first. Then the central nervous system begins to misfire. Paralysis spreads, making breathing difficult, then often impossible without assistance. In the end, most victims die. Skip to next paragraph A Toxic Pipeline Tracking Counterfeit Drugs Reporter Q...

Water! Will there always be Enough?!

WWF lists 10 most endangered rivers globally Five are in Asia, but list includes Rio Grande and Danube Hoping to raise awareness about the state of the world's great rivers, the World Wide Fund for Nature on Tuesday released a report on what it called the 10 most endangered...

Tibetans carry on as glaciers fall victim to global warming

The following article is a chilling reminder of the potential effects of global climate change. The Tibetan Plateau, often thought of as a beautiful place, but not one of global economic significance, actually has a huge potential impact on the global economy as its glaciers...