Bush may end drilling ban in Alaskan bay

"WASHINGTON - President Bush is deciding whether to lift a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off Alaska's Bristol Bay, home to endangered whales and sea lions and the world's largest sockeye salmon...

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Iceland Makes First Kill: Endangered Fin Whale

The slaughter has started - with the senseless killing of a 20m-long endangered Fin whale that its hunter, Kristjan Loftsson plans to land tomorrow - in order to show it off to the world.more...Now is really...

They Walk Among Us

"As the red scare Sci-Fi movie healdlines of the fifties would say. Imagine this 'Walking Shark' Among 50 New Marine Species Found Off Indonesia's Papua Province"

Stingray - life of stingray fish in the wild

"They live in the bottom parts of shallow tropical waters. Looking carefully, you are likely to find them lying on a seabed, buried or partially covered with sand. They can move very rapidly when threatened or in pursuit of a passing fish. They also eat mollusks and...

Humans Placed on Endangered Species List

SAN FRANCISCO (Digital Dementia News Services) - The Rainforest Action Network today announced that it was putting “homo sapiens” on its endangered species list.  The announcement came as no...

ENVIRONMENT: Ailing Reefs Face New Threat of Acidity

Climate change is making the world's oceans more acidic, seriously endangering marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

So Long Sonar | ThingsAreGood.com

No more sonar for the US Navy.

Loophole Allows Slaughter of Protected Whales

Greenpeace activists confronted the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean yet again yesterday as part of their continuing protest against Japan's annual whale hunt. Volunteers based aboard two Greenpeace...

Daring rescue of whale off Farallon Islands

A humpback whale freed by divers from a tangle of crab trap lines near the Farallon Islands nudged its rescuers and flapped around in what marine experts said was a rare and remarkable encounter.

History on the brink

The World Monuments Fund warns that wars, weather and neglect, among other threats, are endangering cultural-heritage sites around the world.

Biologist who fought for panthers reinstated

For six years biologist Andy Eller reviewed development permits to make sure that subdivisions built in the western Everglades would not wipe out habitat for the endangered Florida panther. But Eller's bosses at...

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