Some of the world’s long distance migratory birds are in decline. Scientists track the shorebirds’ at their New Jersey rest stop in a gallant effort to protect them.
In the UK, a group of young musicians is doing un-traditional things with traditional Iranian music.
Conservation Funding on Chopping Block
As Washington seeks ways to shrink the national debt, Republicans propose deep cuts to public lands programs.
FDA slaps new regulations on sunscreen
The Food and Drug Administration has finally released the sunscreen regulations it has been promising for 33-years, but the Environmental Working Group thinks the regulations fall short.
Rights of Sinking Nations
Rising sea levels, expected to increase due to climate change, force small-island nations into new legal territory.
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