The rising numbers of the endangered North American Right Whale show how simple conservation steps can help in making a big positive impact on endangered species, The New York Times reports.
End this week on a lighter note
Driven by his love for Orangutans, Willie Smits went all the way to save the habitat of Orangutans by restoring rainforests in the Sulawesi Province of Indonesia
The Watermarks Project is an artistic way to bring home the message of climate change.
Britain's Energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband announced a green makeover by 2030... but there are questions about how this will be financed.
The BBC has filmed the elusive narwhal - the arctic whale best known for its unicorn-like tusks.
According to research from the respected Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, by 2100, due to meting ice by global warming, the penguins are likely to see their numbers plummet by 95% by 2100.
An international group of scientists have reported the first two complete mitochondrial genome sequences of of the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), or so-called Tasmanian tiger, extinct since 1936.
National Geographic has recently published a new book "Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas". Deep-sea pioneer and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia A. Earle and marine scientist Linda K. Glover have co-authored the book in consultation with experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
That is the revelation in the World Development Report 2009 by World Bank.