Japanese tourists wear masks to ward off SARS at the Forbidden City in Beijing May 2, 2004. (China Photos/Reuters)... [more »]

Date: 6 January 2009, 9:40 am

Italian researcher Gabriele Gentile holds a pink iguana, a newly-documented species that may provide evidence of species divergence far earlier than Charles Darwin's famous finchesm, in an undated photo. (Gabriele Gentile/Handout/Reuters)... [more »]

Date: 6 January 2009, 7:59 am

A pink iguana is seen on the Galapagos Islands in this 2006 photo. Pink iguanas unknown to Charles Darwin during his visits to the Galapagos islands may provide evidence of species divergence far earlier than the English naturalist's famous finches,…... [more »]

Date: 6 January 2009, 7:59 am

File photo shows a South Korean woman riding a bicycle along a road covered with fallen leaves in Nami, Chuncheon. South Korea said Tuesday it will invest some 38 billion dollars over the next four years in "eco-friendly" projects to create…... [more »]

Date: 5 January 2009, 11:10 pm

Japan plans to start exploring its seabed to harvest rare earth elements used in electronics, hoping to reduce its heavy reliance on Chinese imports, a government official has said.(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sakar)... [more »]

Date: 5 January 2009, 10:58 pm

Seeking to add an environmental boost to his legacy, President George W. Bush (seen here) is to announce the creation of the world's largest oceanic protected area in three parts of the Pacific(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)... [more »]

Date: 5 January 2009, 8:37 pm

Anatahan island, part of the Mariana Islands. Seeking to add an environmental boost to his legacy, President George W. Bush is to announce the creation of the world's largest oceanic protected area in three parts of the Pacific(AFP/File/null)... [more »]

Date: 5 January 2009, 8:37 pm

A Galapagos National Park picture, showing a pink iguana. A team of Ecuadoran and Italian researchers have discovered a unique species of pink land iguanas living on the Galapagos Islands, the scientist who wrote the report told AFP(AFP/Tui de Roy)... [more »]

Date: 5 January 2009, 8:10 pm

Fish swim near coral reefs. President George W. Bush is to announce the creation of the world's largest marine protection area spanning some 195,000 square miles (505,000 sq km) in the Pacific Ocean, a spokesman said Monday.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar…... [more »]

Date: 5 January 2009, 6:18 pm

This 2004 NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows an infrared image of a nearby spiral galaxy that resembles our own Milky Way. The Milky Way, the Earth's home galaxy, is spinning much faster and has a mass 50 percent larger than previously believed,…... [more »]

Date: 5 January 2009, 5:43 pm

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