Members of Brazil's environmental police force IBAMA and the Para state police inspect logs discovered during "Operation Labareda," a raid against illegal logging, near Novo Progresso in the Amazon rain
Some Europeans fear biotech food. That's not slowing farmers and big business in their march toward a new agricultural world : a
Amazon is our greatest forest, greatest wilderness, greatest repository of biological diversity and the greatest of environmental icons. And the Amazon's big problems - fires, reckless
Experts now agree that a vaccine is our only hope of stopping AIDS. The quest to develop one is gaining momentum : a
The number of cases affected by a deadly new virus has risen to more than 50,000 in Taiwan and the death toll to at least 50, mostly infants and children under the age of 5. The controversy has been
Behind the multibillion dollar war over tobacco-a battle that's roiling Washington and has lawyers scrambling for a payday : a
All over the globe, Viagra is making pharmaceutical history as the hottest new drug ever. Doctors emphasize that Viagra is no aphrodisiac. Still, in most nonphysicians terms it's the next best
Forgetfulness is America's latest health obsession. An explosion of new research offers reassuring insights : a
The great Caspian caviar fishery, formerly, controlled and protected by the Soviet Union, has degenerated into a dangerous free-for-all that threatens the invaluable sturgeon with extinction. On the
The Gray Whale is no longer officially endangered, but activists are busy protecting it anyway. Despite the International Whaling Commission's approval of the Native American Makah tribe to hunt the
In the Guatemalan rain forests, the wildfires have decimated populations of rare birds and plants and are threatening Mayan ruins. In Mexico, the fires have destroyed 600,000 acres and killed 55
