UNITED NATIONS - Three former child soldiers from Africa announced the launch of a new U.N.-backed advocacy group Thursday to help other kids escape and heal from war.

Couple uses contact cement, cardboard splints; trucker provides the lift

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Cortez Hills Expansion Project - the massive new mine proposed by Barrick Gold Corporation.

cameras from the Anchorage Daily News and others showed the bloody work of an employee slaughtering birds behind the former Republican vice presidential candidate.

The discovery of Amur tiger tracks in Changbaishan in north-eastern China has given conservationists hope for a species that is rarely seen in that area.

Japan and Australia have again agreed to disagree over Japan's whaling program. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith met his Japanese counterpart Hirofumi Nakasone in Peru's capital, Lima, the venue of

Canada's new fisheries minister says she supports the commercial sealing industry and doesn't expect any major changes for next year's commercial hunt, despite a European Union proposal that threatens to ban seal products as early as 2009.

A mail-retrieving Scottish Terrier in England met an unhappy, sticky fate when gloss from a piece of junk mail temporarily sealed his jaws shut.

The dog owners and concerned citizens of Canada are requesting the passing of new legislation and laws on the cruelty and abuse of animals at puppy farms animals at puppy farms, along with stricter sentencing for the offenders and the complete band of

The Vancouver Island marmot is one of the most critically endangered mammals, but is slowly making a comeback! Thank the BC government for supporting efforts to save the marmot, and urge them to continue their commitment to saving this Canadian treasure!