Since 2002 alone, the NIH has spent at least $16.5 million to conduct nicotine experiments on pregnant and newborn animals. This appalling figure does not reflect the total cost of all nicotine research on animals, which numbers far higher

The actor Antonio Banderas signed yesterday from Málaga in the Doñana Natural Area, the Covenant Andaluz by the Iberian lynx, a commitment to preserving the planet's most endangered cat, which already amount to about 60,000 signatories from the

A bald eagle nursed back to health from a broken wing almost lost a chance to fly free Thursday, thanks to a downpour that slightly postponed the bird's scheduled release. But when the rain stopped, nearly 40 people watched as the eagle's

Scientists from Earthwatch, the international environmental charity, fear that the longline fishing season will have a devastating impact on endangered loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean Sea.

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The Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday.

Currently the UK conducts more animal experiments than anywhere else in Europe, but that could change. A non-animal research future is achievable and desirable for animals and people, if the Government commits to a strategy for change.

Protect consumers and animals by stopping the sale of fur from raccoon dogs--a member of the dog family sometimes skinned alive in China--and requiring all fur garments to be labeled. Recent HSUS tests showed that animal fur is frequently mislabeled

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on March 28 removed the wolves from the federal endangered species list for the Northern Rocky Mountains region,after finding they had made enough of a comeback to be turned over to the states' control.

RUSSIA is considering a ban on hunting baby seals, a practice that kills some 35,000 animals each year in the country, the natural resources ministry has said. "We consider it necessary,'' a ministry spokeswoman said.