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Eighteen Madagascan pochards – the world’s most endangered duck – have hatched in a captive breeding centre.

On December 18th, 2011, a female Sumatran rhino took a sudden plunge. Falling into a manmade pit trap, the rhino may have feared momentarily that her end had come, but vegetation cushioned her fall and the men that found her were keen on saving her, not killing her.

KINGSTON, April 8, 2012 (IPS) – Jamaican authorities are aiming to transform an island that experts say faces one of the worst climate risks in the world into a nation “equipped to prepare for and respond to the negative impacts of climate change”.

ScienceDaily (Apr. 8, 2012) – Fossil fuel derived carbon dioxide has a serious impact on global climate but also a disturbing effect on the oceans, know as the other CO2 problem.

ScienceDaily (Apr. 6, 2012) – New research by UCLA life scientists could lead to predictions of which plant species will escape extinction from climate change.

Scientists used to think the Amazon was too wet to burn but a warming Atlantic Ocean is drawing moisture away from the rainforest

Rwanda became the third country in the world, after Angola and Jordan, to ratify the Nagoya Protocol that seek to equitably distribute amongst member states benefits arising from the proper conservation of environment resources.

The California Chamber of Commerce identified a new job creator bill that will help to limit frivolous employment litigation by affirming an employer has…

The Blog of Legal Times – April 9, 2012 The prosecutors who are handling the case against a Washington defense attorney charged with trying to dupe the jurors now find themselves under attack as the attorney’s …

Watch out, taxpayers. The IRS can lose your tax return. That’s what the First Circuit Court of Appeals