On Friday the European ambassadors approved a European Union proposal to ban imports of furs and all seal products. This moves the 27 nation bloc much closer to the final decision to impose the ban and final approval now is really only a formality.

The Yakusa controlled Japanese whaling industry have unleashed their mad dog killers into the waters off their own Northeastern coast to viciously slaughter 60 Piked whales.

Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus today said that he had viewed images and video captured by Customs operated vessel Oceanic Viking.Mr Debus says the the footage taken in the Southern Ocean shows the bodies of small whales being dragged onto ship.

Coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet - home and nursery for almost a million fish and other species. Unfortunately, about 70 percent of the world's coral reefs are threatened or destroyed, and 20 percent of those are damaged

Efforts to track endangered mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic Congo have been stalled by renewed fighting in the volatile east, an official said Monday.

BOSTON -- The four-foot-long ocean mammal has been recovering at the New England Aquarium for the past four months. She was found washed up on Sandy Neck beach in Barnstable beach with pneumonia last spring.

Top Facts - Consumption Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That comes out to over one million per minute. Billions end up as litter each year. According to the EPA, over