After collision, Texas ship channel awash in oil
The collision sent 170,000 gallons of oil into the body of water that connects the Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico and deals with up to 80 vessels per day. The oil quickly spread into neighboring bodies of water.
Dolphin slaughter stirs up wave of outrage
Dolphin hunting is also known as drive hunting, and involves driving the animals together with boats and trapping them. It is increasingly seen as a cruel, inhumane, and entirely unnecessary practice.
Barn owls face armageddon
The barn owl population has declined from use of agricultural poisons and rat and mouse baits so popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
Cold spring linked with melting sea ice
Across large portions of North America and Europe, the beginning of spring has been cold. Scientists have now attributed that to the intense loss of Arctic sea ice caused by climate change.
Factory farming: Torture with a side of pollution
Most factory farms are controversial enough in the way that animals are handled there.
Google-funded spy tech to prey on poachers
Both surveillance technology and Google have generated controversyt. But in opposition to the growing international threat of poaching, however, many feel they can be put to good use.
Top ten environmental wins of 2012
It's high time to look at the good points of the environmental struggle this year.
Costa Rica bans hunting, but what about shark finning?
Costa Rica officially banned hunting on December 10, becoming the first Latin American country to outlaw the sport.
Chinese activists don't want Canada's ill-begotten seal products
In an open letter to the Canadian Senate, 50 Chinese environmental and animal welfare groups have asked that the exportation of seal products from Canada to China be stopped immediately.
