WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 2008 –/WORLD-WIRE/– World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is alarmed that a decision to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to protect the species and its fragile Arctic environment has been plagued with delays while an oil lease sale of nearly 3...

ROME, Italy, February 3, 2008 (ENS) - The world has lost about 20 percent of its wetland mangrove forests since 1980, the United Nations said Thursday in a new report to mark World Wetlands Day, February 2. Mangroves are salt tolerant evergreen forests found along coastlines, lagoons, rivers or delt...

JUNEAU, Alaska, February 1, 2008 (ENS) - A coalition of Alaska natives and conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday challenging oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea, which lies above the Arctic Circle between Alaska and Russia. Thirty million acres of polar bear, walrus, and whale ha...

HAVANA, Cuba, January 28, 2008 (ENS) - Cuba has banned the harvesting of all marine turtle species and products from its beaches and seas for an indefinite period, according to a Ministry of Fisheries Ministerial Resolution. The move extends hope for survival of the critically endangered hawksbill t...

COZUMEL, Mexico, January 20, 2008 (ENS) - To minimize the impact of up to 10,000 visitors a day on Cozumel’s sensitive coral reef ecosystem, a conservation agreement was signed here last week by cruise industry leaders representing government, private sector, civil society, and the cruise line...

This is so cool. The Center For Biological Diversity has a collection of free wildlife ringtones at Rare Earthtones. There’s tones of birds, frogs, marine mammals, North American mammals, and owls with their collection constantly increasing. So now every time my phone rings I hear a howling M...

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, December 18, 2007 (ENS) - From breeding toads back from extinction to developing a hormone test for North Atlantic right whales, 200 zoos and aquariums across the United States are working as members of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to ensure the survival of rare a...

TAEAN, South Korea, December 7, 2007 (ENS) - About 15,000 tons of oil spilled off the west coast on Friday when a barge carrying a crane collided with a tanker lying at anchor, puncturing it in three places. The accident is the largest offshore oil spill ever to take place in South Korea, a police...

WASHINGTON, DC, December 4, 2007 (ENS) - One of the most intact and biodiverse rainforest regions on Earth, located in the Upper Amazon Basin on the Ecuadorian-Peruvian border, is now threatened by imminent oil development, warns a conservation organization based in Washington with close ties to i...

SEA SHEPHERD TO RENAME ITS WHALE DEFENDING SHIP THE STEVE IRWIN Terri Irwin Joins Captain Paul Watson at the Naming Ceremony MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, December 5, 2007 –/WORLD-WIRE/– Terri Irwin has granted the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society permission to rename its ship currently...