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See You Later, Alligator

Scientists have been warning for years about shrinking amphibian populations, but now some researchers are saying that reptiles could be in even worse straits. Reptiles are in decline globally and […]

Wild Horseshoe Crabs Couldn't Drive Virginia Away

In an effort to restore the devastated population of horseshoe crabs, the U.S. announced plans yesterday to create a 1,800-square-mile sanctuary stretching from Delaware Bay into the Atlantic where catching […]

Democrats to See L.A. Skyline

As Los Angeles prepares to host the Democratic National Convention next week, local officials are talking up the city’s improved air quality. Since 1960, the last year the city hosted […]

Horns Aplenty?

The endangered African rhinoceros seems to be making a comeback, with numbers now higher than at any time since the early to mid-1980s, according to a new report by the […]

We're Not Out of the Woods Yet

The global rate of deforestation seems to be slowing, according to a preliminary study by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In some regions, most notably the tropics, destruction […]

I'll Take the Lowe Road

Lowe’s Cos., the second-largest home-improvement retailer in the U.S., announced today that it plans to phase out wood products that come from “endangered forests,” starting with an immediate ban on […]

Joe Cool

Al Gore yesterday chose as his running mate Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), a strong environmental advocate who has earned a 95 percent rating from the League of Conservation Voters over […]

DOE, Oh Dear

More than two-thirds of the 144 sites related to nuclear weapons production in the U.S. will never be clean enough to allow for unrestricted public use, according to a report […]

Notes From the Underground

In violation of a 1998 federal deadline, state and local governments are continuing to operate thousands of old underground fuel tanks that may be leaking chemicals into water supplies. Leaking […]

Do You Sea What I Sea?

Standing at a scenic spot along the Massachusetts shore yesterday, President Clinton signed into law a bipartisan bill intended to protect the nation’s oceans and coastal areas. The law will […]