Missing from the list of victims is the three-month-old unborn child of Private Francheska Velez.

The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers. E-mails reportedly from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU), including personal exchanges, appeared on the internet on Thursday.

What you need to know about climate change and the Copenhagen climate conference. The Copenhagen summit aims to limit the global temperature increase by no more than 2C. Without action it will increase by 6-7C by the year 2100

Animal pictures of the week: 20 November 2009

Britain's largest colony of natterjack toads - a rare and highly protected species - is holding up plans for a nuclear power station

For years, the conditions for Canadian Eskimo dog breeder Brian Ladoon's sled dogs have garnered the outrage and concern of residents and tourists alike. Dozens of dogs in Churchill, Manitoba, who are chained in extreme wind and cold without shelter

It was a cagey scene outside NASA headquarters in D.C. yesterday when our primates urged NASA to scrap its misguided $1.75 million plan to torment monkeys in radiation experiments. The demonstration was out-of-this-world spectacular, prompting NASA

This week Windsor, North Carolina, officials cut the red ribbon that wrapped PETA's very special gift to animals in this small Southern town. For nearly a decade, PETA has been working with Windsor and other area towns to provide homeless animals in

PETA and ZooCheck have been campaigning to convince officials at the Edmonton Zoo, deemed Canada's worst zoo for elephants by African elephant biologist Winnie Kiiru, to release its sole pachyderm prisoner, Lucy, to a sanctuary. We've reasoned with zoo

Oceans regulate our climate. They play a key role in keeping the world's "homeostasis" in tact. However, their ability to absorb carbon & keep the climate in balance is dwindling, a new report shows.