HURRAY!! Updated Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:28 p.m.ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The federal government will designate "critical habitat" for polar bears in the ocean off Alaska's coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum explor

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The financial crisis may be dominating the US presidential campaign, but the season's most intriguing political battle is shaping up as a straightforward fight for survival between two old foes: Sarah Palin and the polar bear.

The federal government took a new, ecosystem-based approach to the endangered species list on Tuesday, proposing an all-at-once addition of 48 species, including plants, two birds and a fly, that live only on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

US food group Heinz said Tuesday that it had decided to stop buying Chinese milk for use in its products there in the wake of a giant tainted milk scandal that has left 53,000 children ill.

A cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau that erupted in May has claimed more lives, as the death toll surpassed 140 people while nearly 7,800 people have now been infected, hospital officials said

The Eden of South East Asia, Malaysia's Sabah State provides refuge for one of the most intelligent animals after man: orangutans, as well as an assortment of other unique and critically endangered species. Its tropical rainforests grow lush with palm-oil

Bush's Disapproval Rating Highest in History...Just two presidents have had lower approval (Richard Nixon and Harry Truman) than President Bush, and none has had higher disapproval in polls since 1938.

To back her efforts to stop polar bears being protected, Sarah Palin and officials in the Alaskan government drew on the work of scientists known to be sceptical about the dangers and causes of global warming, some of whom were funded by the oil industry

A Brazilian government agency changed with land distribution to the poor is the largest driver of deforestation since 2005, according to the country's environmental ministry