Topic: World Wide Fund for Nature

Cancún climate change deal falls flat, Kyoto Protocol on life support

Two weeks of Cancún climate change talks ended Saturday, with a vague deal to help poor countries deal with climate change and the original Kyoto Protocol all but dead.
12/12/2010 01:57 pm

Tiger trade in Myanmar and China targeted by wildlife group

Tiger trade: The markets, in an area of northeastern Myanmar controlled by the Wa minority, are considered one of the world's hot spots for wildlife trafficking, and among the only places left where tiger parts are openly sold.
11/19/2010 12:59 pm

Putin on the prowl to save world's endangered tigers

Representatives of 13 countries are meeting in Russia to outline plans to double the wild tiger population, currently as low as 3,200.
11/19/2010 08:17 am

Dracula fish, lipstick gecko, 23-foot carnivorous plant, among new species discovered

Dracula fish: Some 145 new species discovered in Southeast Asia's Mekong River last year are highlighted in a new WWF International report.
10/08/2010 12:57 pm

Will Hungary's toxic red sludge spill extend beyond Danube?

Hungary's toxic red sludge spill reached the Danube today at toxicity levels beyond what environmentalists expected. Will it threaten the Black Sea?
10/07/2010 06:16 pm

Horizons RouteRank: A greener travel planning website

RouteRank lets travelers plan trips with carbon footprints in mind. The Swiss up-and-comer is already big in Europe. Will Americans say goodbye to Priceline and Orbitz for the greener option?
09/28/2010 03:29 pm

South Africa rhinos: Poachers now take 20 rhinos per month

Poaching of African rhinos has risen 2,000 percent in the past three years, says the World Wildlife Fund. Rhino horns fetch up to $30,000 per pound.
09/26/2010 11:31 pm

China's energy crackdown: more PR than big efficiency step?

As part of a China energy crackdown to meet efficiency targets, leaders are directing 2,000 factories to close. But it appears many of the locales have already been shuttered.
08/11/2010 11:33 am

Gallery Dead zones

Six lessons from the BP oil spill

What the tragedy of the BP oil spill has taught us about regulations, technology, and how our energy diet must change.
07/10/2010 10:10 am

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 04/26

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Wow! Ninja slugs, color-changing frogs and other weird new species discovered

New WWF report details 123 newly identified species that have been discovered including ninja slugs, color-changing frogs and world's longest bug.
04/22/2010 04:29 pm

In Pictures Oil rigs

Carbon offsets: How a Vatican forest failed to reduce global warming

From a scheme to create an algae bloom in the South Pacific to a Vatican forest in the plains of Hungary – how one carbon offset developer's ideas failed to reduce global warming.
04/20/2010 01:00 pm

In Pictures Earth Hour 2010

Earth Hour 2010 aims to get 1 billion to turn off the lights

For this year's Earth Hour, set for 8:30 p.m. Saturday, more businesses and governments are expected to take part in the campaign to turn off the lights. The aim: at least 1 billion participants.
03/27/2010 11:55 am

In Pictures Scenes from Earth Hour 2009

Global News Blog Lights go out as Earth Hour hits: A threat to the NCAA basketball tournament?

More than 100 countries will turn out the lights on March 27 for Earth Hour, casting normally illuminated icons such as Sydney's Opera House and Beijing's Birds Nest into darkness. But expect the NCAA basketball tournament to stay on TV.
03/26/2010 06:35 pm

No trade ban for declining bluefin tuna

Efforts to halt the decline of Atlantic bluefin tuna received a blow Thursday, as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species voted against a trade ban.
03/18/2010 07:23 pm

US supports trade ban on bluefin tuna

The US government announced it will support a proposed ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna.
03/03/2010 03:39 pm

Vancouver Olympics: Embarrassed Russia looks to 2014 Sochi Olympics

Russia's dismal showing at the Vancouver Olympics may be the least of the Kremlin's worries as allegations of corruption mar preparations for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
03/01/2010 01:53 pm

Is it time to overhaul the IPCC?

Climate scientists debate whether the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should be tweaked, overhauled, or scrapped.
02/10/2010 05:56 pm

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 01/26

In Pictures Destructive Oil Spills