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An ABC TV framegrab shows a lost baby humpback whale trying ...

(AFP/ABC TV) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:25:03 GMT

(AFP/ABC TV) - An ABC TV framegrab shows a lost baby humpback whale trying to suckle from an Australian yacht in the belief it was its mother at Pittwater near Sydney. A lost baby whale which captured Australians' hearts as it tried to suckle from a yacht it thought could be its mother will soon be killed to end its suffering, wildlife rangers said Thursday.(AFP/ABC TV)

This undated handout picture shows a view of Lake Imja Tsho ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:19:52 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - This undated handout picture shows a view of Lake Imja Tsho in a valley situated south of Everest in Nepal. Climate change poses a serious threat to essential water resources in the Himalayan region putting the livelihoods of 1.3 billion people at risk, experts said Thursday.(AFP/HO/File)

Junk computers and computer accessories. Africa is worried by ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:17:43 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - Junk computers and computer accessories. Africa is worried by the large-scale importation of used computers from the West that poses an environmental hazard to the impoverished continent, a Ghanaian minister said Thursday.(AFP/HO/File)

A tourist covers herself with an umbrella while taking cover ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:39:41 GMT

(Reuters) - A tourist covers herself with an umbrella while taking cover from the rain as Tropical Storm Fay arrives in Orlando, Florida, August 19, 2008. (Scott Audette/Reuters)

Workers clear debris at the Palm Beach Equine Clinic after Tropical ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:45:30 GMT

(Reuters) - Workers clear debris at the Palm Beach Equine Clinic after Tropical Storm Fay passed through Wellington, Florida August 19, 2008. Tropical Storm Fay swept into southwest Florida from the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, dumping heavy rain but causing little damage after failing to strengthen into a hurricane as forecasters had predicted. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)

Tropical Storm Fay as seen over Florida in this National Oceanic ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:39:41 GMT

(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay as seen over Florida in this National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image taken at 18:45 GMT on August 18, 2008. (NOAA/Handout/Reuters)

Naval Station Key West is at Condition of Readiness 1 as Tropical ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:39:41 GMT

(Reuters) - Naval Station Key West is at Condition of Readiness 1 as Tropical Storm Fay approaches the Florida Keys, Florida, August 18, 2008. (James E. Brooks/U.S. Navy photo/Handout/Reuters)

Workers clear debris from a damaged roof at the Palm Beach Equine ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:58:56 GMT

(Reuters) - Workers clear debris from a damaged roof at the Palm Beach Equine Clinic after Tropical Storm Fay passed through Wellington, Florida August 19, 2008. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)

Tropical Storm Fay is pictured over the state of Florida in ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:39:41 GMT

(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay is pictured over the state of Florida in this satellite image taken on August 19, 2008. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Handout/Reuters)

A woman walks through floodwaters in a village in Ghana's ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:37:43 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman walks through floodwaters in a village in Ghana's Upper East Region in 2007. Time is running out in the fight against global warming, the UN's top climate change official warned as a new round of UN talks got started here Thursday.(AFP/File)

Time is running out in the fight against global warming, the ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:37:43 GMT

(AFP/File) - Time is running out in the fight against global warming, the UN's top climate change official warned as a new round of UN talks got started here Thursday. "There is little time left to get a solid negotiating text on the table. Clearly the clock is ticking," said Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.(AFP/File/Bertrand Langlois)

Residents push a truck stuck along a flooded street in Manila ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:53:47 GMT

(Reuters) - Residents push a truck stuck along a flooded street in Manila August 20, 2008. (Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters)

This photograph taken in July 2008 from a camera trap shows ...

(AFP/HO) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:50:38 GMT

(AFP/HO) - This photograph taken in July 2008 from a camera trap shows a leopard in Sebangau National Park in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province. According to British zoologist Susan Cheyne, a new population of rare leopard has been found living in thick forests on the Indonesian half of Borneo island.(AFP/HO/Susan Cheyne)

Graphic on the biggest squid ever captured. New Zealand's ...

(AFP) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:39:12 GMT

(AFP) - Graphic on the biggest squid ever captured. New Zealand's mysterious colossal squid, the largest of the feared and legendary species ever caught, was not the T-Rex of the oceans but a lethargic blob, new research suggests.(AFP/Mm/Ea/Js)

This handout file picture shows the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis ...

(AFP/NZ Fisheries Ministry/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:39:12 GMT

(AFP/NZ Fisheries Ministry/File) - This handout file picture shows the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) being manoeuvred in the Ross Sea near Antarctica. New Zealand's mysterious colossal squid, the largest of the feared and legendary species ever caught, was not the T-Rex of the oceans but a lethargic blob, new research suggests.(AFP/NZ Fisheries Ministry/File)

File photo shows a woman collecting water from a well in south-eastern ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:19:49 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows a woman collecting water from a well in south-eastern Niger where water supplies are being adversely affected by global warming. Rich nations are set to face pressure at climate talks in Accra, Ghana this week about how quickly and by how much they intend to cut their carbon footprints, the UN climate chief Yvo de Boer has said(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)

Indian Military Police officers in February 2007 at the Aero ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:19:49 GMT

(AFP/File) - Indian Military Police officers in February 2007 at the Aero India 2007 exhibition in Bangalore, India which has the fastest-growing market for air travel. Rich nations are set to face pressure at climate talks in Accra, Ghana this week about how quickly and by how much they intend to cut their carbon footprints, the UN climate chief Yvo de Boer has said(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)

Steam seen belching out of the cooling towers at the Boxberg ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:19:49 GMT

(AFP/File) - Steam seen belching out of the cooling towers at the Boxberg power station in Germany. Rich nations are set to face pressure at climate talks in Accra, Ghana this week about how quickly and by how much they intend to cut their carbon footprints, the UN climate chief Yvo de Boer has said(AFP/File/John Macdougall)

Study head Amy DeMarco in an undated photo. An epilepsy drug ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:08:58 GMT

(Reuters) - Study head Amy DeMarco in an undated photo. An epilepsy drug being tested for use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday. (Brookhaven National Laboratory/Handout/Reuters)

A elephant is seen at a park in Kenya. Namibia will impose a ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:17:54 GMT

(AFP/File) - A elephant is seen at a park in Kenya. Namibia will impose a ban on all trade with 'worked ivory' from next month in a bid to assert its control and abide by international regulations on endangered species, an official said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)

Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds samples ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:16:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds samples of biofuel. Brazilian biofuel, already available for nine out of 10 cars on the roads, is also keeping a small but growing fleet of aircraft aloft, the company making them says.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)

An overweight patient is seen at a weight loss hospital in a ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:32:04 GMT

(Reuters) - An overweight patient is seen at a weight loss hospital in a file photo. (Andrew Wong/Reuters)

A group of tourists walk down International Drive in Orlando ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:42:43 GMT

(Reuters) - A group of tourists walk down International Drive in Orlando as Tropical Storm Fay arrives in Central Florida, August 19, 2008. (Scott Audette/Reuters)

A group of visitors head towards the entrance of Universal Studios ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:42:43 GMT

(Reuters) - A group of visitors head towards the entrance of Universal Studios theme park as Tropical Storm Fay arrives in Orlando, Florida, August 19, 2008. (Scott Audette/Reuters)

NASA and Boeing officials pose for a photo before of a model ...

(AFP/NASA/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:17:11 GMT

(AFP/NASA/File) - NASA and Boeing officials pose for a photo before of a model of an Ares I rocket in Wasington, DC, in 2007. NASA say they will use shock-absorbers similar to those used in cars to fix a problem with heavy vibrations in the new Ares rocket, to give astronauts inside the Orion crew capsule a smoother ride.(AFP/NASA/File/Bill Ingalls)

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the National ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:49:55 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the National Clean Energy Summit at the Cox Pavilion at UNLV in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 19.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (R) watches entertainment ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:04:25 GMT

(AFP/File) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (R) watches entertainment provided by local traditional dancers and singers at the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Niue, a tiny Pacific island state of 1,500 people on August 19, 2008. Rudd joined Pacific island nations Tuesday in a call for immediate help to cope with the impact of climate change in the region.(AFP/File/David Brooks)

Civilians run for safety as a Russian rocket hits a convoy of ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:22:17 GMT

(AFP/File) - Civilians run for safety as a Russian rocket hits a convoy of departing Georgian troops just outside Gori, Georgia, on August 11. Up to 280 hectares (692 acres) of forests have been burnt or are alight in Georgia after its conflict with Russia, the WWF has said, warning that key conservation areas were under threat.(AFP/File/Dimitar Dilkoff)

A beekeeper checks a hive in the grounds of the Larose Trintaudon ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:54:32 GMT

(AFP/File) - A beekeeper checks a hive in the grounds of the Larose Trintaudon chateau in Saint-Laurent-Médoc, southwest France, May 2008. A 58-year-old woman is in a coma after being stung by about 100 bees in Kernevel in the western French region of Brittany, emergency services have been quoted as saying.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)

Tom Biscardi, CEO and founder of BIGFOOT Inc., holds up a picture ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:52:25 GMT

(Reuters) - Tom Biscardi, CEO and founder of BIGFOOT Inc., holds up a picture he claims is the mouth of Bigfoot in Palo Alto, California, August 15, 2008. (Kimberly White/Reuters)

Rick Dyer (R) and Matt Whitton, who both claim to have the corpse ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:21:58 GMT

(Reuters) - Rick Dyer (R) and Matt Whitton, who both claim to have the corpse of Bigfoot, hold a news conference in Palo Alto, California, August 15, 2008. (Kimberly White/Reuters)

An ABC TV framegrab shows a baby humpback whale trying to suckle ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:14:18 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - An ABC TV framegrab shows a baby humpback whale trying to suckle from an yacht near Sydney. The baby whale abandoned by its mother was still trying to suckle from yachts in an Australian harbour Wednesday as last ditch efforts were being made to save it from death.(AFP/HO/File)

File photo of Playa Man in San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:10:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo of Playa Man in San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. The Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were under a botanical alert Tuesday after a destructive Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) was detected on the archipelago, the Agricultural Health Service (SESA) said.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Buendia)

A bird flies over the sea after sunset. The habitats of wild ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:04:50 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A bird flies over the sea after sunset. The habitats of wild bird species are shifting in response to global warming, but not fast enough to keep pace with rising temperatures, according to a study released Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)

Workers view debris at the Palm Beach Equine Clinic after Tropical ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:34:04 GMT

(Reuters) - Workers view debris at the Palm Beach Equine Clinic after Tropical Storm Fay passed through Wellington, Florida August 19, 2008. Tropical Storm Fay swept into southwest Florida from the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, dumping heavy rain but causing little damage after failing to strengthen into a hurricane as forecasters had predicted. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)

Activists vowed no let-up in their campaign to stop Japan's ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:57:20 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Activists vowed no let-up in their campaign to stop Japan's whaling as reports said Tokyo was seeking further arrests overseas of people who obstructed a hunt. "We will not be deterred, we will not retreat and we will never surrender the lives of these defenceless whales to the outlaw whalers from Japan," said Paul Watson, captain of the US-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Frederick M. Brown)

The next US president will provide fresh impetus to the fight ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:52:09 GMT

(AFP/File) - The next US president will provide fresh impetus to the fight against global warming, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, seen here on August 12, 2008, said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)

A woman donates blood at a blood donation center in Switzerland, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:37:43 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman donates blood at a blood donation center in Switzerland, January 10, 2008. (Michael Buholzer/Reuters)