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Measles Deaths In Africa Plummet by 91 Percent — UN
Deaths from measles in Africa have dropped by 91 per cent -- from an estimated 396,000 to 36,000 -- between 2000 and 2006, thus...
Massive New Rainforest Reserve Opens to Protect Congo Apes
A new nature reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will become the world's largest continuous protected area for great apes, particularly the...
Thanksgiving: A Seasonal RItual Tying Us to the Earth
I love celebrations that serve to remind us about important aspects of our lives. Mother's Day and Father's Day celebrate two of the most...
Child Mortality Falls to Record Low Worldwide
Thanks mainly to campaigns to combat measles and malaria and promote breast-feeding, child deaths worldwide have reached a record low, falling below 10 million...
Countries Agree on Plan to Save Animals
Over one hundred countries are taking action to save endangered livestock breeds using genetic stockpiling to preserve a wide variety of species, according to...
Polish Man Wakes From 19-Year Coma
"A Polish man has woken up from a 19-year coma to find the Communist party no longer in power and food no longer rationed,...
UN to Plant 9 Million Trees in Refugee Areas
The United Nations refugee agency has pledged to plant more than 9 million trees this year in areas of human displacement where refugees have...
Artist Turns Mount Everest Trash into Beautiful Bells
Inspired by a television documentary about the heaps of trash on Mount Everest, Jeff Clapp climbed upon an astonishing idea: to create art sculptures...
Flowers – A Cure for Winter Blues?
For those who may experience the winter blues in the cold dark months ahead, a new study reveals fresh flowers can be a natural...
Development Averted by Purchase of Forest Near NYC
Instead of a planned new golf course and 100 luxury homes, an expanse of rolling hills, wetlands and scenic waters have been preserved as...
Fish Stocks Highest in 50 Years Since Creek Restoration
The restoration of Nile Creek from a river that was devoid of fish into a salmon and cutthroat trout-bearing stream rich in life prompted...
Judge Rules Bush’s Lax Pesticide Law Illegal
A federal judge in Seattle yesterday overturned new Bush administration rules that weaken the governing of pesticide use and their effect on endangered plants...
Whooping It Up! Cranes Return to the East
For the first time in more than a century, whooping cranes will migrate across the skies of eastern North America this fall.
It all started...
Puerto Rican Parrot Population Expands by 25%
For the first time in history, ten captive-bred endangered Puerto Rican parrots were released yesterday to join the last 40 parrots existing in the...
Retired Parking Meters Raise Funds for Rainforests
Many people would be willing to donate a quarter for wildlife conservation, reckoned Norman Gershenz, a conservation biologist at San Francisco State University.
Gershenz talked...
Ralston Purina CARES
Ralston Purina created a program of funding in 1989 called Purina C.A.R.E.S. In eight years it donated more than $3.9 million to local zoos...