relationships between animals and human beings

Artic depths teeming with life, say explorers By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - The remotest depths of the Arctic are surprisingly full of life, including species of jellyfish and worms believed to be previously unknown, explorers who just finished...

Oceans Have Fewer Kinds Of Fish Overfishing Among Causes, Study Says By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, July 29, 2005 The variety of species in the world's oceans has dropped by as much as 50 percent in the past 50 years, according...

Variety of ocean's fish down by half, study says Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post WASHINGTON , D.C. -- The variety of species in the world's oceans has dropped by as much as 50 percent in the past 50 years, according to a paper published today in the...

Elephants have emotions 'just like humans' By Duncan Guy Elephant conservation should be considered in much the same way humans consider plans for their own health and well-being, an elephant management workshop heard on Tuesday. Sociality, which is the...

Australia seeks to breed test-tube sharks By Michael Perry SYDNEY (Reuters) - The endangered gray nurse shark is its own worst enemy, its young eat each other in the womb, so Australian scientists have a radical rescue plan to artificially inseminate...

A grey nurse shark with an identity tag attached swims in the ocean off the southeast coast of Australia in this handout photo released July 22, 2005. The grey nurse is one of the fiercest-looking but most docile marine creatures, and despite it being...

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Scientists decry loss of big ocean predators Washington — The variety of tuna, marlin, swordfish and other big ocean predators has declined up to 50 per cent over the past half-century due to overfishing, scientists say. For the first time, ecologists...

Environmentalists condemn new global warming pact SYDNEY (AFP) - Environmentalists have condemned a new pact against global warming by the and five Asia-Pacific countries, saying it was self-serving and would not work. The agreement by the US, Australia,...