Wolves should not have been delisted, because they remain threatened by biased, inadequate state management plans, as well as by the lack of connections between largely isolated state wolf populations.

Australians fear that the world's only known white humpback whale could be slaughtered as Japan's whaling fleet prepares to embark on its annual hunt in the Southern Ocean. The Fisheries Agency in Tokyo refused to rule out killing Migaloo today.

The forest once covered about 100,000 acres, a big chunk of present-day Nottinghamshire County. Today its core is about 450 acres. Urgent action is needed to regenerate the forest and save the rare and endangered ancient oaks at its heart.

A prehistoric ecological marvel nestling high in the mountains of eastern California, Mono Lake has become an oasis of hope for conservationists battling drought in the state. Home to an unusually diverse ecosystem, which includes nesting grounds for

It takes a lot of input in the form of other, lesser fish -- also known as "reduction" or "trash" fish -- to produce the kind of fish we prefer to eat directly. Aquaculture's current heavy reliance on wild fish for feed carries substantial ecological risk

Primate scientist Jane Goodall said on Wednesday the race to grow crops for vehicle fuels is damaging rain forests in Asia, Africa and South America and adding to the emissions blamed for global warming.

Until now, the passage has been expected to remain closed even during reduced ice cover by multiyear ice pack, but atellite images this week showed Arctic ice cover fell to the lowest level since 1978 when scientists started collecting information.

From a remote snowcapped mountain in the European Arctic you can detect China in the haze. In the apparently pure Arctic air, a research station on a Norwegian island mountain ridge finds tiny chemical traces from factories in Russia, pesticides in Israel

Experts say they are "stunned" by the loss of ice, with an area almost twice as big as the UK disappearing in the last week alone.

Researchers have finally confirmed a 20-year-old theory about how the red tide algae produce their toxins. The finding may be a first step in protecting seaside communities, shellfish beds, marine mammals and humans from the periodic outbreaks