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http://www.paramountvantage.com/arctic/ From National Geographic Films, the people who brought you MARCH OF THE PENGUINS and Paramount Classics, the studio that brought you AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, ARCTIC TALE is an epic adventure that explores the vast world of the Great North. The film follows the walrus, Seela and the polar bear, Nanu, on their journey from [...]

reuters msnbc Global warming will melt most Andean glaciers in the next 30 years, scientists say, threatening the livelihood of millions of people who depend on them for drinking water, farming and power generation. Small glaciers are scattered across the Andes and have for long been a crucial source of fresh water in Bolivia, Ecuador [...]

WWF Red, pink and other coral species in the genus Corallium will be better protected from over-exploitation after delegates attending a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES ) adopted a US proposal to list the genus in Appendix II of the convention. Appendix II allows trade in a species under [...]

AP The markets in the Central African Republic offer all of the jungle’s delicacies, including monkey, chimpanzee, antelope and, if you have the cash, even elephant. Hunters kill the elephants and cut off the ivory. Then, over grills fueled with green tree branches, they smoke the meat for a day, charring the outside to preserve [...]

AP Indonesia is returning 17 rare pygmy kangaroos to the Papuan rain forest after rescuing and acquiring them in recent years from illegal traders and private zoos, officials said Monday. It is unknown how many of the mammals, which can grow up to three-feet long and weigh 25 pounds, still survive in the wild. The [...]

china.org.cn Four of the 26 endangered red ibises released into the wild in China last week had to be taken back into captivity when they lost their appetite after only two days in the wild, scientists have reported. Chang Xiuyun, with the Animal Protection Station of the Shaanxi Forestry Burea : Crested red ibises, whose [...]

Earthwatch New environmental coalition will tackle climate change impacts for people, forests, water and cities HSBC has created a five-year, US$100 million partnership to respond to the urgent threat of climate change worldwide with the support of The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and WWF. The HSBC Climate Partnership will: help [...]

Straits Times THE most ambitious wildlife survey here to date has unearthed 35 plant and animal species never before seen in Singapore, and another seven thought to have been wiped out forever. : The Natural Areas Survey Team, as the explorers were called, was part of the first concerted effort to take a systematic look [...]