For the first time, scientists have identified an ant species that produces its own natural herbicide to poison unwanted plants.
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International conservation groups proposed a $404 million effort Monday to preserve frogs and other amphibians whose sensitive, porous skins often make them the first indicator of when nature goes awry.
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Ford Motor Co. jumped on the hybrid-car bandwagon yesterday with a promise to boost production tenfold to 250,000 cars and trucks per year by 2010, a decision that moves hybrids closer to the mainstream of the U.S. auto market.
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Wide-ranging proposals to clean up Europe's polluted air won approval from the European Commission on Wednesday after a debate over the package's multi-billion euro price tag threatened to scupper it.
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The city that never sleeps will darken the lights of the famed Manhattan skyline after midnight to help save migrating birds.
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While New Orleans comes to terms with massive flooding, China is rolling out an early warning and control system to help protect people near the Yangtze river from a similar fate.
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Wildlife biologists believe that black-footed ferrets released into the wilds of Colorado are thriving and breeding as the state tries to build a self-sustaining population of the mammal considered to be the rarest in North America.
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Possibly the most complex vocalizing by any creature aside from humans has been heard by scientists standing in an Ecuadorian bamboo forest listening to plain-tailed wrens.
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A peasant fighting logging in Mexico's mountains was cleared of murder charges and ordered freed on Thursday after 10 months in jail in a case that sparked international outcry over corruption in the courts.
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A music program held in California's Joshua Tree National Park this weekend aims to literally drum up environmental support for one of the most endangered national parks in the United States.
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German automakers Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Porsche AG said Monday at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt that they will work in tandem to develop a new fuel-efficient hybrid engine for their automobiles.
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A humpback whale calf entangled in crab pot gear for days near Juneau apparently got itself loose, a federal fisheries biologist said Wednesday.
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via WCAX | GNN staff |
Fri September 16, 2005
Global warming poses a threat to the earth, but humans can probably ease the climate threats brought on by rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, global climate specialist Richard Alley told an audience at the University of Vermont.
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Spending to protect the environment, from coral reefs to forests, can bring big returns to aid a worldwide assault on poverty, a U.N.-backed report said Wednesday.
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