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Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what's causing them to die.

Tens of thousands of gray wolves would be returned to the woods of New England, the mountains of California, the wide open Great Plains and the desert West under a scientific petition filed Tuesday with the federal government.

The overall development objectives of the Bank-financed project is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de la Pêche (MAEP, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries) to manage the implementation of its national investment plan and prepare the move towards a full-fledged Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) in the future, as well as to assist in improving productivity of targeted beneficiaries in selected sub-sectors (strategic food crops, traditional export crops, and freshwater fish farming). This will contribute to support the Government of Togo (GoT) in its over-arching goal to increase food security and reduce poverty.

Rising temperatures, drought, floods and landslides have combined to kill crops and leave millions hungry in Nepal.

It's nesting season for the endangered and threatened sea turtle species that live in the Gulf of Mexico. Soon thousands of baby hatchlings would be scurrying their way from Gulf Coast beaches into the ocean. But in an unprecedented relocation program, federal wildlife officials have decided to move the eggs to the Atlantic coast before they hatch to protect them from the oil spill.

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee meets in Brasilia, Brazil from 25 July to 3 August to add new outstanding natural and cultural places to the list of World Heritage sites. IUCN plays a key role in the meeting as the advisory body assessing natural sites and recommending new nominations to the World Heritage list. IUCN also evaluates the state of conservation of existing natural sites and recommends those under threat to be put on the Danger List.

Over 50 per cent of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) surveyed in Latin America and 45 per cent in Africa see declines in biodiversity as a challenge to business growth. In contrast, less than 20 per cent of their counterparts in western Europe share such concerns.

BP has announced a pressure test on the capped Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico should be complete by the end of the weekend.

Fish lose their ability to smell danger as the oceans grow more acidic, says a new research.

Over 90 percent of people in Pakistan consider their region unsafe, a survey has revealed.