Wildlife & Environment

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NEW ORLEANS, April 8, 2013 — Floating plastic debris — which helps populate the infamous "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" in the Pacific Ocean — has become a problem in the Great Lakes, the largest body of fresh water in the world. Scientists report...

LONDON, April 8, 2013 - Fossil fuel subsidies provided by both rich and poor countries to keep their citizens happy are holding back the world economy, accelerating climate change and damaging the health of current and future generations, according to ...

LONDON, April 7, 2013 - A group of young campaigners set off today on an expedition to help save the Arctic, aiming to also hold an unexpected meeting with a delegation of influential Arctic officials at the North Pole later this week. Sixteen people,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 5, 2013 - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today praised the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) announcement of a proposed rule to comply with a 2012 World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling by strengthening â...

SILVER CITY, N.M. April 4, 2013 - A U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services employee who was working as part of an effort to recover the endangered Mexican gray wolf is being investigated in the unauthorized fatal shooting of a wolf. The incid...

April 4, 2013 - In reaction to recent reports that the demand for fur in China is causing a revival of fur farms in the United States, Born Free USA wants the public to be aware of the animal welfare and environmental consequences. The leading animal w...

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