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Leading Paper Producer to Halt Deforestation in Indonesian

The world's third largest paper company, Asia Pulp and Paper, announced in February an immediate end to all natural forest clearing in its supply chains in Indonesia. The company's pledge to stop making paper from the pulped remains of some of the last virgin rainforests, along with its improved transparency, will help protect endangered Sumatran tigers and orangutans and forested peatlands that store massive amounts of greenhouse gases.

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Offshore Wind Farms are Good for Wildlife, Say Researchers

A Dutch study has found that offshore wind turbines have hardly any negative effects on wildlife, and may even benefit animals living beneath the waves.

By Jeanne Goddard

15 August 11 Views

Falcons Soar Off Endangered List With Irony, From Nests in City Skyscrapers

After nearly becoming extinct in North America due to pesticides, the fastest species on earth is rebounding, thanks to humans and modern skyscrapers.

By Jeanne Goddard

25 July 8 Views

For Every Product Sold, This Company Picks Up Trash- 124 Tons So Far

Healing the environment with every purchase, a Philadelphia retailer has already removed a quarter million pounds of trash from oceans, rivers, and beaches.

By Ishmael Evans

07 September 10 Views

739 Miles of U.S. Beaches Protected for Loggerhead Sea Turtles

After five years of delay, the federal government today finally proposed to more than 739 miles of critical habitat for threatened loggerhead sea turtles on their nesting beaches along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

By Jeanne Goddard

22 March 9 Views

This Dog is the Perfect Nanny for Spunky Exotic Zoo Animal Orphans

This Australian Shepherd teaches baby animals how to socialize with others at the Cincinnati Zoo, like a six-week-old goat-antelope already bigger than him.

By Jim Stout

19 August 15 Views

11 Species of Chameleon Could Save Rainforest-Bonus: Watch One Pop Bubbles

The discovery of 11 new species of chameleons will let environmentalists harness their charisma to save Madagascar's rainforest.

By Jim Stout

31 July 10 Views

Sweet News From US Beekeepers: Colony Numbers At 20-Year High

Beekeepers have changed the ways they're managing their hives and there are now more honeybee colonies than at any time since 1994.

By Jim Stout

27 July 11 Views

After Epic Battle, Real-Life 'Hobbit House' is Saved from Demolition

A young couple can continue to live off the land in the rolling Welsh countryside after finally winning an appeal to keep their "Hobbit Home".

By Sandy Kay Wright

16 July 11 Views

"Jesus Lizard" Walked on Wyoming Water 48 Million Years Ago

A newly discovered fossil shows "Jesus lizards" walked on water when the badlands of the American west were a tropical rain forest 40 million years ago.

By Jim Stout

03 July 11 Views