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Difference Maker Jack Reece helps a Noah's Ark of animals in India

From elephants to buffaloes, dogs to donkeys, Help in Suffering (HIS), a nonprofit animal welfare group in Jaipur, India, treats animals large and small at low or no cost.
$68,000 for whale vomit? Beachcomber finds 'floating gold.'

A soccer-ball sized lump of whale vomit, better known as ambergris, could bring its British finder some €50,000 ($68,000). His dog found the smelly sphere while they were walking on the beach.
The Ocean of Life

One of the world’s most prominent and articulate marine scientists gives us an updated, comprehensive, and engaging account of the ongoing crisis beneath the waves.
Vikings spread mouse species to Greenland, Newfoundland, study finds

A genetic study of house mice suggests that the species was spread by Vikings between the eighth and 10th centuries.
Climate change: Species climbing higher and migrating north, study says

Organisms are responding to climate change at a pace much faster than scientists estimated about a decade ago, according to a new study in the journal Science.
08/19/2011 07:11 pm
Bright Green Should we relocate species threatened by climate change?

A group of scientists has suggested that species threatened with extinction by climate change should be moved to other parts of the world where they could survive.
07/21/2008 01:00 am
Needed: Underwater ‘national parks’

Set-asides can restore ocean balance and diversity – but all stakeholders must buy into them.
06/25/2008 01:00 am
How overfishing can alter an ocean’s entire ecosystem

When you tip the balance, a cascade of other changes may occur.
06/19/2008 01:00 am
Where did all the fish go?

The sea was not so vast, once we deployed an industrial armada against it.
06/10/2008 01:00 am