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Humpback Whale Population Rebounding
From the brink of extinction, humpback whales have made a dramatic comeback over the past four decades, according to an extensive study. The new...
Amputee Vets Get to Race BMWs for Fun (Video)
Giving injured Marines the chance to drive, and drive really fast is the goal of the Semper Fi Fund which is helping to...
Major Success in the Fight Against Illegal Fishing
Efforts to clamp down on illegal fishing for cod in the Barents Sea are paying off - with a 50% cut in illegal fishing...
EARTH ALERT ’08: Top Ten Good News for the Earth
Happy Earth Day! Here are the top ten good news stories for the environment... Since the first Earth Day in 1970, air quality has...
“Man Who Stopped Knife Fight….was Blessing From Above”
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"Police do not recommend doing what Will Gardner did Tuesday afternoon, but they do acknowledge that he probably saved a life. The 56-year-old...
Australian is Saving Whales, Seals and Turtles With Incredible Passion
Rupert Imhoff, a young financier, is an animal rights hero in Australia. Through his online networking against cruelty toward marine animals, he has attracted...
Cuba Throws Lifeline to Sea Turtles
Cuba has thrown a lifeline to the Caribbean’s endangered and critically endangered marine turtles with a government resolution ending all harvesting of marine turtles.
Such...
Dolphins Save Surfer from Becoming Shark Bait
A surfer in California was under attack from a great white shark when a pod of bottlenose dolphins intervened, pushing the shark away and...
World’s Largest Freshwater Conservation Area Set Up by Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Thursday that a section of Lake Superior's northern shore has been declared a protected marine area, making...
White House Moves to Protect Striped Bass
On Saturday, President Bush visited the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, to sign an Executive Order to protect America's striped bass...
Projects Across the Nation Seek to Harness Wave Energy
Forty-five wave energy projects have been approved around the U.S. "It's low visual impact... So far, these devices are attractive to marine life. There's...
Global Shipping Ban on Toxic Paints
Environmental groups finally achieved, after ten years of lobbying, a global ban on the use of tributyltin (TBT) as a cleaning agent for ships,...
Cheetahs to Enter Olympics?
If Oscar Pistorius gets his way there will be a pair of ‘cheetahs’ entering competition in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Opposition to...
Violence Drops Dramatically in Iraq After Alliance is Formed
"Violence in Iraq's al-Anbar province has dropped dramatically since the beginning of the year, due in large part to friendly relations between coalition forces...
How to Get Closer to Your Dad (Book Review)
Like many people's relationship with their father, mine has never been very close. Yet, if he died today I would be very sorry I...
40 Years Ago Today The Beatles Changed the World
The Sixties were much more than a time of hippies, music, drugs and free love, the Kennedy era was dawning -- and along with...
Landmark Oceans Plan Passes in California
To preserve dwindling fish stocks, state lawmakers designated 200 square miles of water off Central California as marine reserves that limit or bans fishing....
World Bank Gives Africa $164.5 Million for Internet Connections
The World Bank approved a financing package of US$164.5 million in grants and credits for Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar to establish high-speed connectivity to...
Safety for Seagulls: Detangling California Fishing Piers
Thanks to a new university project, the sight of gulls or pelicans with fishing hooks in their mouths or fishing line wrapped around their...
Sea Turtles Nesting in Record Numbers on African Coast
Loggerhead nestings have reached record high levels in South Africa, a positive sign for the endangered marine turtle. There were over 2,000 loggerhead nestings...