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featured Greenpeace: Oceans Still in Peril, Hope on the Horizon

According to an April 2011 report released by Greenpeace, the earth's oceans are in jeopardy due to the devastating effects of overfishing and bycatch. Despite the fact that immense evidence...

On Apr 16, 2011 by Kirsten E. Silven 0 Comments

Mekong freshwater biodiversity threatened by dam project

Critics are voicing fresh concerns over the construction of the Xayaburi dam in Laos, a proposed hydroelectric project on the lower Mekong River. Opponents of its development warn that building...

On Apr 14, 2011 by Helen Roddis 0 Comments

Sea Shepherd fights slaughter of pilot whales in Faroe Islands

In a small group of subarctic islands known as the Faroe Islands, situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, the butchering of pilot whales is a yearly...

On Apr 14, 2011 by Lucy Brake 0 Comments

Is Brazil's Cerrado the ''ugly duckling'' of conservation?

30 years ago, Brazil's Cerrado, a savannah-like spread of land including vegetation, animal and insect life with many endemic species, covered over two million square kilometres. Now, because of a...

On Apr 13, 2011 by Laura Brown 0 Comments

£100 million investment for UK river wildlife

The UK government wants people to take a greater role in keeping rivers and waterways clean and free from pollution. In announcing a £100million pot of money to improve rivers...

On Apr 13, 2011 by Laura Brown 0 Comments

Antarctic penguins in trouble due to climate change

Image Credit: Louise Murray. Adelie penguin colony on the West Antarctic peninsula. Antarctic penguin numbers have more than halved since the 1980's, in tandem with their favourite food. Krill densities...

On Apr 11, 2011 by Louise Murray 0 Comments

Climate change 'poses threat to caribou'

Melting sea ice, brought about by climate change, could be forcing two species of caribou nearer to extinction, according to wildlife campaigners. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has...

On Apr 11, 2011 by John Dean 0 Comments

Naked chicks are a puzzle for penguin scientists

Image: Researcher holding a Magellanic chick with feather-loss disorder. Credit: Jeffrey Smith, MCS 'Naked' chicks are suddenly appearing in penguin colonies in South Africa and Argentina, leaving scientists perplexed. The...

On Apr 11, 2011 by Laura Goodall 0 Comments

Chilean efforts to ban 'shark finning' praised by Pew

The gruesome and wasteful practice of 'shark finning' - which sees sharks caught, de-finned and tossed back into the seas to die - will be rolled back in Pacific, if...

On Apr 08, 2011 by Martin Leggett 0 Comments

North America's Smallest Seahorse Endangered by Gulf oil Spill

The dwarf seahorse, which resides in seagrass located throughout the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and the Caribbean, is threatened with extinction from pollution caused by the Gulf oil spill disaster....

On Apr 08, 2011 by Kirsten E. Silven 0 Comments

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featured Greenpeace: Oceans Still in Peril, Hope on the Horizon

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