Oceans becoming noisier as sounds travel further in increasingly acidic water

Animal rights activists are celebrating as the final curtain is drawn on India's ancient dancing bear industry, a practice in which sloth bears are beaten and tortured into dancing to earn money for handlers and entertain crowds.

A wolf hunt that will decimate Sweden's lupine population has been sanctioned for the first time in nearly half a century. The Swedish parliament has voted to allow 27 of the animals to be killed with special permits during a limited hunting season

Two confidential informants working with Portland police narcotics investigators bought methamphetamine at least six times from the Southeast Portland home where Benson High Spanish teacher Zuleyma Fernanda Figueroa lived with

Animal-lover Simon Cowell has asked pals NOT to give him an Xmas pressie but donate to a sanctuary.

Joshua Tree National Park and Its wildlife Threatened by Landfill. A proposed landfill just outside of Joshua Tree National Park threatens some of the most precious desert landscape in the nation. Two courts have blocked the project, but the Department

U.S. activists: Tell EPA Administrator Jackson that you support the proposed rulemaking that--for the first time ever--would require the nation's largest carbon polluters to meet modern emissions standards. This rule would be a critical step toward a clea

Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandchild, is making a raft of accusations against the former Alaska governor in the new issue of Vanity Fair magazine, including a claim she wanted to adopt his child so people wouldn't know her 17-year-old da

Learn how that $3 T-shirt could be creating water shortages, trade imbalances and environmental pollution

Something that always excites me is seeing awesome, thriving vegan businesses that appeal not only to the vegan community but also to the general not-yet(!)-vegan public, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that vegan food is as delicious as it is