RURAL affairs minister Elin Jones last night defended a planned badger cull in west Wales to try to eradicate TB in cattle.

The AARP and the American Medical Assn. announce their endorsements. Meanwhile, employer groups are mounting opposition.

Wildlife experts say the appearance of giant tiger prawns in Gulf of Mexico waters are reason for alarm, and they want fishermen to let them know if they find any in their nets.

A U.N. climate treaty may need an extra year beyond a December deadline to agree details, delegates at U.N. talks said on Thursday even as a U.S. Senate committee approved a carbon-capping bill.

With global warming taking center stage in world affairs, Al Gore can't be far behind: The Nobel-Prize-winning former-vice president-turned-energy entrepreneur is releasing his plan to crack the climate conundrum.

The report found that overall disclosure on climate change by North American companies is of poorer quality than global peers.

A judge sentenced a Lawrence man this morning to serve probation and 30 days in jail for his conviction in an animal cruelty case. Austin Newport, 23, was scheduled to report to the Douglas County Jail this morning to begin his sentence. Newport

UK scientists find 27 proto-galaxies similar to the Milky Way for the first time, which provide further evidence that galaxies like the Milky Way were created by the clumping of smaller clouds of gas and dust, media reported Wednesday.

UPDATE! Anthony Gomez admitted in court today to watching another man shoot and kill a pet dog, encouraging that man to behead the dog and knowing that seeing her beloved pet's severed head would terrorize a teenager who had spurned his affection.

2,000-year-old Sumerian cities torn apart and plundered by robbers...The near total destruction of Iraq's historic past - the very cradle of human civilisation - has emerged as one of the most shameful symbols of our disastrous occupation.