Plan mapped out to sell water to U.S.

This could be good for both countries.  The US could get a dependable water supply and Canada could generate electricity and get money for the surplus money, " Quebec could raise as much as $9.5 billion a...

Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers in California listed endangered

The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, two of the longest rivers in California, have been listed today as the USA's most endangered waterways, because of bad water management and really poor flood planning. The...

6,000 rare Irrawaddy dolphins found off Bangladesh coast

6,000 of the rare Irrawaddy dolphins have been spotted off the coast of Bangladesh, which is a hopeful sign that the species is making a comeback. They are however, threatened by climate change and fishing in the region and they will need supervision and care in order for...

Yangtze River Dolphins to be more protected

The Chinese government are again stepping in to protect the Yangtze River Dolphins from extinction. They are now going to connect existing reserves of the Baiji dolphin, the most endangered member of the whale...

Britain's RSPB protects nature reserve

One of Britain's most popular bird-watching reserves, Titchwell Marsh, is going to have to be abandoned to the rising sea levels.The Marsh is on the north Norfolk Coast, and the Royal Society for the Protection...

Mekong Giant Catfish

"This stingray (Himantura Chaophraya) measured 4.2 meters in length and was too massive to weigh. Reported to grow to 1,000 pounds, this fish is the largest that I've seen in the Mekong River. For the 2004...

Quest to find the world's biggest freshwater fish lands a 6-foot stingray... ...

"At six feet wide, this stingray seems to measure up as a monster of the deep. But if you think it's the king of the stingers, think again. Legend has it that in the rivers of Cambodia there are others with...

Warnings as fish stocks plunge in rivers and lakes

Illegal fishing by poachers is causing concern as fish stocks tumble leaving Delapre Lake in Northampton  bare."A poster campaign has been launched to crack down on illegal anglers suspected of plundering...

8,000-year-old take on Noah's Ark

First Nations had a similar legend about Lake Agassiz and the rising waters around central Canada, so similar to Greeks and Turks legends about the Black sea's earthen dam separating the mediterranean breaking way...

First Native American Roundtable Sept. 13: Respect for the Earth, Native Amer...

The new North American Theology: Pastors call for progressive change in environmental and cultural thinking or risk a decline in the health of societyTurtle Island Project: First Native American Roundtable and...

Atención al 'bichito' que han capturado

Fue en el río Yangtsé (China).

Whale Rescue Effort on Hold

The two injured whales stuck up the Sacramento River have been left to their own devices for the weekend as rescuers switch tactics in their efforts to free the mother and calf. "Efforts to free two humpback...

U.S., Canada weigh Great Lakes cleanup

When I was a kid growing up in Southern Ontario I was always amazed that we we're allowed to swim in a lake as big as Lake Ontario because of the pollution.  What kind of society can poison a body of water...

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