The third U.S. case of mad cow disease has been confirmed on a farm in Alabama, the Agriculture Department has announced. The animal was killed last week by a private veterinarian after it collapsed,

As the tsunami hit coral boulders half the size of houses, rolling them along the ocean floor, gouging giant troughs in the sediment. The waves dredged up soil from freshly plowed rice paddies and

Until recently, the vulture was an integral part of the Indian landscape. Vultures were so abundant that ornithologists never even thought to monitor their population. But conservationists are now

Costa Rica Eduardo Carrillo was on a field trip to Corcovado National Park with a group of his biology students in November when he realized that something was wrong. In just over a mile, the group

China Qiu Xiyu no longer counts on the Shiyang River to sustain his family's wheat and cotton crops as his father did. Increasing water use by cities and factories upstream reduces the river to a

For all the talk about protecting children in America, too many are threatened by a steady blast of industrial- strength advertising on children's television. Some ads, like those for toys and games,

The conditions are in place for the most contentious issues of the Doha trade round to be resolved in the first half of the year, paving the way for a final accord before the end of 2006, according

The Mexican authorities are investigating the mysterious deaths of eight whales found washed ashore along the Sea of Cortez last month, an unusually large number that suggests some common cause. The

Going by economic measures, India is a globalization success story. Average incomes, rising at 3 percent to 4 percent a year, have doubled since the mid-1980s. Dynamic new industries have emerged,

California The effort to reduce smog stemming from U.S. seaports, among the biggest polluters in the country, gained an ally when the union representing thousands of West Coast dockworkers promised