American movie director Michael Moore came to Japan for the first time Monday to plug his new movie "Capitalism ; A Love Story" and to urge the country not to follow the path taken by the US, where he says the gap between rich and poor is extreme.

Indonesia has rejected a push by the resort island of Bali for rare turtles to be legally slain in Hindu ceremonies, siding with conservationists of the protected reptiles against religious advocates, an official said Friday.

Only 80 wild elephants are left in Vietnam, according to Vietnam's state-run newspaper, Lao Dong. Experts at the Vietnam Forest Management Agency workshop, held earlier this week, reported the elephant population in Vietnam is in rapid decline.

In writing this, I'm bracing myself for being called an anti-Semite, an appeaser of terrorists and propagandist for the Palestinian cause. I'm none of those things. I say this simply because these days, it seems, anyone who dares criticise the policies

Colourful corals, basking sharks and dolphins will be protected under plans for a network of marine parks around England and Wales. The Marine and Coastal Access Bill will give the Government powers to set up a network of "marine conservation zones"......

If you think climate change is something for the next generation, think again. In a detailed study of trends in UK ecosystems, researchers have found that not only has the environment changed, but everything from butterflies and beetles to soil, is ......

The bodies of three students at a North Dakota university who had been missing since Sunday were found Tuesday in a vehicle submerged in a pond near their school, police said.

China's vast Three Gorges reservoir will see a increasing number of landslides and other geological hazards as the water reaches its maximum level this autumn, a magazine report warned on Monday.

Goldman didn't tell buyers it was secretly betting the other way, while it was selling $40 billion in securities (derivatives) to pension funds, large institutional investors, and foreign governments. They KNEW real estate values would crash.

It is with great sadness that we are writing to let you know Tibetan rights groups confirmed this morning that three Tibetans, Lobsang Gyaltsen, Loyak, and Penkyi were executed on October 20th, 2009 in Lhasa. rhere is a report that a fourth Tibetan may al