Manatee Protections in Belize Should Be World Model, Expert Says
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Efforts to protect manatees in the coastal waters of Belize stand to benefit the global conservation of the huge, sluggish marine mammals, a scientist says.
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Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore told a pensions conference on Wednesday that trustees must include the "greatest challenge to mankind" in their thinking -- global warming.
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By Mladen Rudman, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Dec. 12--EGLN AFB -- The federal government could soon find out if testing sophisticated weapons in the Gulf of Mexico can coexist with protecting marine mammals.
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Environmentalists are objecting to a plan by Florida wildlife officials to downgrade the protective status of manatees from endangered to threatened.
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By Nicholas Azzara, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jun. 3--MANATEE -- An answer to the county's boat launch shortage could lie in the heart of a proposed community of 1,100 homes near Anna Maria Island.
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Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore  told a pensions conference on Wednesday that trustees must  include the &quot;greatest challenge to mankind&quot; in their thinking  -- global warming.
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By Anonymous  Size and shape may predict the survival of coral reefs around the world when the weather churns the oceans in the years to come, according to a new model that relies on engineering principles.
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Greater protection to great white sharks and other big fish are among successes to emerge from the world species summit.
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National parks must undergo a conservation revolution if they are to meet the challenges of climate change, says expert
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To: FEATURES EDITORS  Contact: Erika Viltz of the World Wildlife Fund, +1-202-778- 9542, erika.viltz@wwfus.org   WASHINGTON, Feb.
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS  Contact: Tom Lalley of the World Wildlife Fund, +1-202-778-9544, tom.lalley@wwfus.org   BALI, Indonesia, Feb.
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By JOHN FLESHER  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - It hardly seems fair, but water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators might harm their species more than help, new research suggests.
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Action is needed to protect British wildlife from the effects of a changing climate, a report says.
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PARIS, Feb 2 (IPS) - Human development in the countries of Africa, Latin   America and Asia is essential for protecting the diversity of  plant and  animal species, says biologist Edward O. Wilson,  professor emeritus of  Harvard University and one of the  ''fathers'' of the concept of  biodiversity.
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By Heath, David  Seagrasses, an ecologically important group of flowering plants that have adapted to life submerged in seawater, are in dire need of a targeted global conservation effort to protect them and lhc services they provide, according to an international team of scientists.
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Move over Rover, let Flipper take over. News from New Zealand suggests man&#39;s best friend is in fact the bottlenose dolphin. It emerged yesterday that four swimmers were saved from a great white shark by a
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South African experts have put before parliament proposals to limit shark attacks along Cape Town's beaches while balancing the need for conservation.