Gray whale numbers remain greatly reduced: study
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The Pacific gray whale population,  thought by some experts to have rebounded fully from the  ravages of whaling, actually is back to a mere fraction of  historic levels, scientists said on Monday.
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The eastern Pacific gray whale may not have recovered to its pre-hunting population as has ben believed.
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Up to 60 protected gray seals have been killed off the west coast of Ireland in what a wildlife group described as slaughter. The Irish Seal Sanctuary said the seals -- most of them pups
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A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt &#151; more than a century ago. Embedded deep under its blubber was a 3 1/2-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has given researchers insight into the whale's age, estimated between 115 and 130 years old.
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A controversial plan to hunt endangered humpback whales has been dropped, a top Japan official says.
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North Pacific right whales may not be going extinct after all. Scientists have found twice as many right whales in the Bering Sea as previously spotted, giving them hope the rare and endangered whales can be saved.
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Anti-whaling nations New Zealand and Australia vowed Thursday to continue the fight to end Japan's annual whale hunts, warning that its plans to kill humpback whales off Antarctica in December could spark outrage. The warning comes just a day after Japan ended its latest southern whale program following a deadly fire that crippled the mother ship of its whaling fleet and left it drifting near the Antarctic coast. A crewman died in the fire.
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Scientists who spent nearly a month in  a fruitless search for a Chinese river dolphin that is more  endangered than the Giant Panda say there may be no more than  50 left alive, the Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
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A new study finds more than a thousand types of plant, bird, mammal and invertebrate are now endangered.
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The Pacific gray whale population, thought by some experts to have rebounded fully from the ravages of whaling, actually is back to a mere fraction of historic levels, scientists said on Monday.
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A key food source for Antarctic seals, whales and penguins has declined about 80 percent since the 1970s in waters near the Antarctic Peninsula, researchers report.
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Science & environment: Sea Shepherd abandons direct action against Japanese whalers in Antarctic as ship runs low on fuel
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WASHINGTON A new study says a third of all amphibian species are declining at an unprecedented rate. The Global Amphibian Assessment study was compiled by more than 500 scientists in 60 countries.
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Science & environment: Number of Indian wild tigers has dwindled to about 1,400, less than half the previous estimate
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The shrimp-like krill that feed so many Antarctic species, such as whales and penguins, is in big decline, say researchers.
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A university study shows the population of a tiny endangered owl in northern Mexico has declined by an estimated 26 percent over the last seven years, a finding that environmentalists said bolsters their arguments for greater protection for the bird in Arizona.
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Noise from a Russian gas field  in the Pacific Ocean is driving the endangered grey whale away  from one of its few feeding grounds, says the WWF environmental  group.