You think the economy is in trouble? Have a look at our oceans. I would like to touch on a subject I highlighted previously, more specifically the giant garbage dump of plastic products that is floating around the middle of the Pacific Ocean...

Nearly two-thirds of all Coloradans would prefer to protect pristine national forest land rather than increase oil and gas production in those areas, according to a new poll -

News in Spanish. Global warming could affect penguins' habitat. Nowadays penguins population is declining, according to the WWF.

Palm oil companies are clearing massive swathes of untouched forest in Indonesia's remote easternmost Papua region, environmental group Greenpeace said Friday.

Protecting the Special Places in the Sea World-scale marine reserves--places where no fishing or other extractive activity is allowed--protect our global marine heritage for future generations and celebrate our shared ocean legacy. Building on the hi

Indonesian authorities have pledged to stop the loss of forests and species in Sumatra, one of the world's most ecologically important islands. Representatives of the island's 10 provinces, national government and the environment group WWF launched th

The Queensland government will step up efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef, starting with a summit and regular report cards on its health, Premier Anna Bligh says. Ms Bligh today released a report into water quality on the reef in 2007, saying th

Dolphins have few friends in Bangladesh today to survive and their numbers are dwindling fast. The mammals were once a common sight in any rivers --their humpy backs suddenly breaking the water surface and then vanishing in a flash.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is working to help organize a cetacean stranding response team to assist whales that are beached on Australian shores. After the recent death of Collette the baby Humpback near Sydney five weeks ago...

Dolphins, small whales and manatees living in the waters off West Africa or islands in the mid-Atlantic Ocean will now receive greater protection after 15 countries signed an agreement under a United Nations-backed treaty that aims to conserve wildlife...