Green highways: New strategies to manage roadsides as habitat
From northern Europe to Florida, highway planners are rethinking roadsides as potential habitat for native plants and wildlife.
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Why are Toyota, Ford and Honda the ‘best green global brands’?
The latest annual ranking of the 50 global brands with the most environmental appeal is just out ...
Smartphone app highlights disturbance threat to birds
A smartphone app has been released that can measure the impact of construction work on waterbirds in protected areas.
Tear gas, fireworks: Chaos in Istanbul as police drive out protesters
A central square in Istanbul erupted Tuesday night in an unsettling, chaotic chorus, with tear gas canisters and water cannons from police met by fireworks, metal banging and defiant chanting from protesters.
Single Stop Before Graduation
College can be demanding. It’s even tougher when you can’t afford to eat.
UW to require diversity course
Undergraduate students at the UW will be required to complete a class in some area of social, political or economic diversity before they can graduate.
Ski industry demands action on climate change
A study authored by University of New Hampshire researchers Elizabeth Burakowski and Matthew Magnusson and published last December warns that if winter temperatures continue to warm significantly, the winter tourism industry could disappear completely in many areas of the U.S.
Quiet please: China falls silent for university entrance exams
More than nine million students packed examination centres all over the country for China’s annual university entrance exams.
The new face of protest
It has been become the face of the modern protester.
Asian tigers at risk from domestic dog distemper virus
Some of the world's rarest big cat species are facing a potentially deadly threat from a virus carried by domestic dogs, a wildlife expert has warned.
