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The Philippines has created a protected area to save a species of endangered wild duck, with just 5,000 of the birds remaining, government documents released on Monday said. Excerpt from: Philippines creates haven for endangered duck

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The minimum summertime volume of Arctic sea ice fell to a record low last year, researchers said in a study to be published shortly, suggesting that thinning of the ice had outweighed a recovery in area. Visit link: Total Arctic Sea Ice At Record Low In 2010: Study

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The minimum summertime volume of Arctic sea ice fell to a record low last year, researchers said in a study to be published shortly, suggesting that thinning of the ice had outweighed a recovery in area. Read the rest here: Total Arctic Sea Ice At Record Low In 2010: Study

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MIAMI - As Miami prepares to dredge its port to accommodate supersize freighters, environmentalists are making a last-ditch effort to protect threatened coral reefs and acres of sea grass that they say would be destroyed by the expansion. Read the original here: Fears in Miami That Port Expansion Will Destroy Reefs

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MIAMI - As Miami prepares to dredge its port to accommodate supersize freighters, environmentalists are making a last-ditch effort to protect threatened coral reefs and acres of sea grass that they say would be destroyed by the expansion. See more here: Fears in Miami That Port Expansion Will Destroy Reefs

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Fragmented coral reef habitats aren't always bad for the ecology, say Australian researchers, and can even be helpful. This is the finding of a study of experimental coral reefs in Kimbe Bay in Papua New Guinea published in the latest edition of the journalEcology. See the original post: Fragmented reefs can be good for ecology

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Fragmented coral reef habitats aren't always bad for the ecology, say Australian researchers, and can even be helpful. This is the finding of a study of experimental coral reefs in Kimbe Bay in Papua New Guinea published in the latest edition of the journalEcology. The rest is here: Fragmented reefs can be good for ecology

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Invasive earthworms can alter the carbon and nitrogen cycles in woodland, as well as undermining native plant species, a study has said. Read the original here: Alien worm invasion 'threat to forests'

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Invasive earthworms can alter the carbon and nitrogen cycles in woodland, as well as undermining native plant species, a study has said. More here: Alien worm invasion 'threat to forests'

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Any serious oil spill in the ice of the Arctic, the "new frontier" for oil exploration, is likely to be an uncontrollable environmental disaster despoiling vast areas of the world's most untouched ecosystem, one of the world's leading polar scientists has told The Independent. Read more: Oil exploration under Arctic ice could cause 'uncontrollable' natural disaster