When the RSPCA visited the building - a kitchen interiors shop - they found cupboards had been taken out and converted to make a pit - much like a boxing ring - for the fight between two dogs to take place....

Each year in a coastal town in Japan, thousands of dolphins are rounded up. Most are brutally killed for their meat. A few of the more attractive animals are sold at exorbitant prices for dolphins shows and swim-with-the dolphin programs where they are likely to suffer for years....

The campaign is trying to get peoples attention about the forests and the endangered species. Forests in Romania are no longer the way they were. Much of the lands covered by forests are now empty lands. This project is sponsored and supported by EU....

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas --Wildlife officials counted a record 128 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this summer on Texas beaches....

According to some experts at the sixth International Penguin Conference, as many as 12 of the world’s 17 species of penguins are in serious trouble, the Australian reported today. The United States has considered petitions to list 10 on the endangered species list....

From the "That's one way to handle it" files: having difficulty dealing with the constant erosion of Florida's beaches, officials in Broward County are exploring using recycled glass, crushed into tiny grains and mixed with "regular" sand, to help fill gaps....

Photos of the ten highest peaks in the world. Nice description and photos....

But when they get it right, like on this issue, credit is due. A glance at the bathymetric map of Lake Erie, as pictured, makes it perfectly clear that there's plenty of shallow areas where wind turbines could be set, assuming the wind profiles also are good. So why not Ontario?...

The fast-reproducing invader therefore isn’t directly attacking oyster populations, though it may be competing with them for food – and may impact the predators that normally attack the oysters....

Here are 5 destinations that you will probably not be able to see again in several years from now....

The Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) was first identified as a long-lived tree by Dr Edmund Schulman following surveys in California's White Mountains in 1954. The oldest pines grow at elevations above 3,000 metres in arid, rocky areas of the Great Basin that covers the state of Nevada and parts ...

Environmental group Greenpeace said that New York artist Spencer Tunick, famous for taking pictures of thousands of naked people in public settings worldwide, is taking a photo shoot to highlight the effects of climate change on Switzerland’s shrinking glaciers. (600 people got naked for the photo ...

Yet it wasn't long until scientists and policymakers found some serious downsides to its use: by the mid-1990s, over 500 research papers had linked the chemical to adverse health and environmental effects — including "profound reproductive effects" and diminished marine-species populations. Lind...

"Beach-side foam party gone out of control? Not quite. A shoreline north of Sydney, Australia was transformed into the "Cappuccino Coast," as one journalist put it, with foam swallowing up an entire beach and half the nearby buildings, including the lifeguard HQ."...