In 2004, Chrys Hutchings, her husband and their three young children spent a year in New Zealand, home to about 4.2 million people -- and about 60 million Australian brushtail possums. Hutchings's kiwi sabbatical included plenty of talk about the

An amazing collection of pictures from reuters

http://www.freewebs.com/graceorphanage/ see the website too, it shows, it is a legitimately registered orphanage with 70 children. They are starving, can you do something to help them??

When PETA received complaints accusing Clay County, Florida, officials of intentionally placing a dog from the county animal shelter in a closed vehicle and leaving the animal there for an entire hour in mid-afternoon heat, we almost couldn't believe it.

Urge the president of McDonald's to be a leader in the food industry by making a public pledge that cloned animals and their offspring will never be a part of McDonald's menu.

Warned the Director of Water Babil province Engineer Saad Abdul-Amir Al-Hilla River pollution oily spots, said it had begun to affect the drinking water may be carcinogenic, demanding the Iraqi government to intervene to deal with pollution.

If you appreciate opportunities for quiet recreation, you'll want to protect the, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. The Forest Service is currently deciding how much of the forest should be exposed to the roar of dirt bikes, ATVs, and other off-road

Seven aides to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have reversed course and agreed to testify in an investigation into whether the Republican vice presidential nominee abused her powers by firing a commissioner who refused to dismiss her former brother-in-law.

Climate change may soon make the tropics too hot for many native species, which will be forced to head for higher ground to escape the heat, U.S. researchers said

For a long time -- the first 15 years that we knew about global warming and did nothing -- there were no pictures. That was one of the reasons for inaction.