The parents of a 15-year-old girl who was gang-raped on a California high school campus urged the community Saturday to channel its anger over the event "through positive action," according to a pastor.

An alarming rise in elephant deaths in India because of habitat loss and poachers' bolder forays into government-protected zones has led officials to arrange a meeting to address the problem.

A woman feeding cats in a Wal-Mart parking lot last night led to police throwing her in jail. Police arrested Carolyn Denise Johnson after she refused a Wal-Mart employee's request for her to pick up the food and not come back. Police charged Johnson

I often wonder how many people are 'genuinely' concerned about world hunger. One only needs to turn on the television, pick up a newspaper or magazine to stumble across a plea to contribute money to non-profit or religious-affiliated organizations

In January 2009, the Grand Haven City Council members ordered sharpshooters to kill baited deer in our cemetery, desecrating its sacred grounds. For over a year a local resident destroyed the sanctity further by shooting/poaching wildlife from his

Following three years of intense pressure from our BioGems Defenders, Mexico recently stepped up efforts to save the last remaining 150 vaquita marinas -- a small porpoise which lives only in Mexico's Upper Gulf of California. NRDC and local partners

Scientists have identified one of the fundamental chemical buildings blocks of life in a comet for the first time, the US space agency (Nasa) reports. Glycine is an amino acid found in proteins, the sophisticated molecules that organisms use > Cont.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Thursday she will introduce legislation to allow directional drilling in the oil reserves under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from outside its boundaries. More oil to asia

A dam is being proposed on the Mekong river which could devastate endangered species, wipe-out important fish trade for locals, and destroy opportunities for tourism. Please sign the petition!

Human-induced global warming is real, according to a recent U.S. survey based upon the opinions of 3146 scientists. However, there remains division as to the extent.