Draft rule ends protections for gray wolves
Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long ...
Central African Republic elephant poaching rises
Elephant meat is flooding food markets in villages near a famed wildlife reserve in Central African Republic one month after rebels believed to be ...
Study: New bird flu jumped directly from chickens
Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans became infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live ...
7 charged with smuggling fish bladders to China
Seven people have been charged with smuggling bladders from an endangered fish in what authorities said Wednesday may be a growing international ...
WHO: New flu passes more easily from bird to human
A new strain of bird flu that emerged in China over the past month is one of the "most lethal" flu viruses so far, worrying health officials because ...
South Africa: fight over rhino poaching escalates
A U.S. firm recently gave smart phones to some game rangers in South Africa to help them track poachers who kill rhinos for their horns.
Rhino conservationist dies in South Africa
A game reserve in Kenya plans to hold a memorial service next month for Anna Merz, a conservationist who sought to protect the rhinoceros from ...
WHO: China bird flu not spreading easily in humans
There's no evidence a new bird flu strain is spreading easily among people in China even though there may be sporadic cases of the virus spreading to ...
How Chinese bird flu infects humans still mystery
Almost three weeks after China reported finding a new strain of bird flu in humans, experts are still stumped by how people are becoming infected when ...
Boat filled with protected species hits coral reef
A Chinese boat that ran into a coral reef in the southwestern Philippines held evidence of even more environmental destruction inside: more than ...
China reports new bird flu death, 2 new infections
Chinese health authorities have reported another death and two new infections from a new strain of bird flu. The new cases reported Friday in Shanghai ...
China's bird flu response shows new openness
After a new and lethal strain of bird flu emerged in Shanghai two weeks ago, the government of China's bustling financial capital responded with live ...
An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise ...
Maine hermit living in wild for 27 years arrested
A man who lived like a hermit for decades in a makeshift camp in the woods and may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries for food and other ...
Senate endorses Sally Jewell for interior chief
Sally Jewell, CEO of outdoor retailer Recreational Equipment Inc., won easy Senate confirmation Wednesday to be the nation's next interior secretary.
Alarm over vanishing frogs in the Caribbean
A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally hacking their way with ...
4-year-old boy recovers from new bird flu in China
A 4-year-old boy has recovered from a new strain of bird flu that has killed nine people in China, a doctor said Wednesday, as the country's premier ...
SAfrica: H7N1 bird flu found in ostrich farm
South African officials say they have detected bird flu on an ostrich farm but that it is unrelated to the strain that has killed eight people in ...
India use drones to protect rhinos from poachers
Wildlife authorities are using aerial drones to oversee a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from ...
Swanky beach enclave seeks relief from bird stench
La Jolla's jagged coastline is strictly protected by environmental laws to ensure the San Diego community remains the kind of seaside jewel that has ...
Frog-phobic man awarded $1.6M over runoff flooding
Paul Marinaccio Sr. traces his fear of frogs to a childhood incident in Italy when a man holding bullfrogs chased him away after he'd wandered from ...
China reports 2 more cases of new bird flu virus
Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 20. The death ...
Groups: Tanzania gov't kicking Maasai off land
Tanzania's government is preparing to kick Maasai tribesmen off cattle-grazing land near the country's most famous wildlife park and will instead ...
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