Chinese pandas gnaw bones over bamboo forest destruction

Some Chinese pandas have started eating animal bones instead of their traditionally-preferred diet of bamboo, state-run China Central Television said on Monday.

// Mar. 01, 2010 - 09:31 GMT


Lynx caught in northwest Moscow

A lynx hiding in a waste bin was found at a plant in northwest Moscow, the head of the city's wild animal rehabilitation center said on Friday.

// Feb. 18, 2010 - 23:30 GMT


'Tiger' countries salute Russia's idea to host world tiger forum

Ministers from 13 countries still inhabited by wild tigers approved on Friday Russia's idea to host an international forum on tiger conservation in 2010, WWF Russia said.

// Jan. 29, 2010 - 18:57 GMT


Black snow blankets Latvian capital - media

A blanket of snow with black dust has covered the Latvian capital, Riga, a local paper said on its website.

// Jan. 25, 2010 - 01:13 GMT


Major oil leak reported in Texas as three vessels collide

Some 1.5 million liters of crude oil were released into the environment on Sunday after a tanker collided with two other vessels near Port Arthur, Texas.

// Jan. 24, 2010 - 02:11 GMT


Ecologists to survey Amur tiger numbers in Russia's Far East

Russian ecologists will carry out a census of the Amur tiger population in the Primorye and the Khabarovsk territories, a World Wildlife Fund spokesman said on Friday.

// Dec. 18, 2009 - 08:49 GMT


Some 2 tons of rare sturgeon seized in Far East

About two metric tons of the endangered Kaluga sturgeon have been seized in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk.

// Dec. 17, 2009 - 03:49 GMT


Thousands march in Copenhagen as climate conference continues

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Copenhagen on Saturday to demand action to cope with climate change from the participants of a UN climate conference underway in the Danish capital.

// Dec. 12, 2009 - 16:44 GMT


Nations look to Copenhagen summit for carbon emission cut solution

Countries taking part in a UN climate change conference in Denmark are looking to a meeting of leaders later this month to advance a solution to cuts in carbon emissions, a senior Russian delegate said.

// Dec. 11, 2009 - 07:58 GMT


Climate change no good for any country, even Russia — expert

Climate change which the planet is likely to face in the 21st century would provide direct benefits to no country, although producers of energy efficient equipment could benefit from it.

// Dec. 06, 2009 - 03:06 GMT