Alibaba founder Jack Ma, the billionaire who has run Chinese e-commerce giant since 1999, says he's getting "a bit old" for the Internet.

Technology - Business

May 03, 2013 not rated yet 0

Canada has sent 30 bison to Russia for reintroduction in the rugged and mostly forested Siberian province of Sakha, 5,000 years after they died out in the area, its parks administration said Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 3

China's wild finless porpoises are heading toward extinction, a conservation group said Thursday, with the dolphin-like animals now rarer than the giant panda.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 2

A campaign by global environmental movement Earth Hour to get promises of action from individuals and organisations has spread to at least 50 countries, its chief executive said Wednesday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

The largest solar power system in the U.S. Army is coming online at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and officials gathered Jan. 16, to mark the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Australian farmers and scientists working together have developed a world-first approach to restoring native landscapes on a large scale and measuring their recovery.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

From a devilish-looking bat to a frog that sings like a bird, scientists have identified 126 new species in the Greater Mekong area, the WWF said in a new report detailing discoveries in 2011.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 18, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

Move over Gillan McKeith – scientists at the University of Bath are studying the droppings of Great Bustards to help understand their diet and nutrition with the aim of boosting their survival in a conservation ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 17, 2012 not rated yet 0

Laos has begun work on a controversial multi-billion dollar dam, an official confirmed Thursday, defying objections from environmentalists in its bid to become a regional energy hub.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 08, 2012 not rated yet 0

Should we save the desert tortoise, or plow over its habitat to build solar power plants that can help us save ourselves? It's a question that has arisen frequently in recent years as solar developers have flocked to California's ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Oct 19, 2012 4 / 5 (2) 0

Reality has not been kind to the large Chinese statue in Harvard Yard, but maybe virtual reality will be.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

Thanks to an ambitious conservation project and some tiny pieces of plastic, the ancient Egyptian mummy case of Hor is now on display in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Sep 12, 2012 4 / 5 (5) 0

On a late August evening, thousands of baby endangered sea turtles flip, flop and somersault down the sands of this protected beach in northern Cyprus as excited onlookers cheer them on.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 09, 2012 not rated yet 0

Researchers from the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, working closely with Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, have been studying ancient wooden Viking artefacts at the synchrotron radiation source BESSY II. The ...

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Jun 05, 2012 4.3 / 5 (8) 0

Aggressive American signal crayfish are threatening Britain's native white-clawed crayfish populations because they have better resistance to parasites and are less fussy about what they eat.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 15, 2012 not rated yet 0