March 12, 2010

TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK, Kenya - Tracking the wounded elephant to its death bed was easy for the ranger. Hit by a poison arrow, the huge mammal could only drag its hind leg, creating a wide gash...

March 11, 2010

AUSTIN, Texas - Global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations, which are already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution, according to a report...

March 11, 2010

SEATTLE - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine...

March 11, 2010

DOHA, Qatar - A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will focus on the world's overfished oceans beginning this week with proposals to regulate the shark trade and ban the export...

March 11, 2010

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union's executive says the region will achieve its target to generate 20 per cent of its energy from renewable sources, such as wind power, by 2020.

March 11, 2010

PARIS, France - Rich nations must contribute more to a climate change fund and help fight deforestation, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in opening a conference Thursday on saving the world's...

March 11, 2010

TORONTO - Ontario may consider a rating system for water conservation similar to the Energy Star program now used for electricity as part of a push to cash in on clean-water technology.

March 10, 2010

HONOLULU - Honeycreeper birds, a fly and several ferns, trees and shrubs found only on a Hawaiian island were among 48 species added Wednesday to the endangered species list, boosting the number of...

March 10, 2010

BOSTON - The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and...

March 10, 2010

OTSUCHI, Japan - As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran at me, yelling "No!" and pushing me out of the building. Another smeared his rubber fish gutting glove across my lens, while a third...

March 10, 2010

NEW YORK - Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.

March 10, 2010

FRESNO, Calif. - When a voracious pest triggered a quarantine this week across much of Napa Valley - the United States' premier grape-growing region - it threatened more than the grapes themselves.

March 10, 2010

At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations...

March 10, 2010

ADELAIDE, Australia - Australian scientists said Wednesday that the discovery of a genetically distinct colony of Tasmanian devils may save the species from being wiped out by a contagious cancer that...

March 10, 2010

TORONTO - Ontario's governing Liberals need to clean up their own act on drinking water before embarking on an ambitious plan to export its homegrown clean-water technology, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath...

March 09, 2010

NEW DELHI - India has officially agreed to sign on the nonbinding Copenhagen climate accord.

March 09, 2010

CHENGDU, China - After a month in quarantine, American-born panda Tai Shan paced around his new home in southwest China as he was put on public display Tuesday for the first time since his much...

March 08, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO - Dr. Edgar Wayburn, a five-term president of the Sierra Club environmental group who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for working to preserve vast tracts of U.S. wilderness...

March 08, 2010

EDMONTON - A magazine produced in the United States by the highly-respected conservation group, the National Audubon Society, is calling on American politicians to adopt policies that shun fuels taken...