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Pacific Fisher, Martes pennanti.

Aerial view of Grays Harbor, WA.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake Saturday in southwest China's Sichuan province has climbed to more than 150 people, with more than 3,000 injured.

China's official Xinhua news agency says President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out measures to rescue victims and minimize casualties following the disaster.

Chinese officials called it a 7.0-magnitude quake, while the U.S. Geological Survey put the strength at 6.6. The quake occurred at a depth of 13 kilometers.

Owned by Dongwon Industries, the purse seine fishing boat Premier is sailing to Port Louis, where it has been given permission to enter by Mauritian authorities, despite the fact it has been accused of illegal fishing off the coast of Africa. The Premier was later found to be using falsified letters claiming it had permission to fish in waters where no permission had been given.

Two convicted elephant poachers are handcuffed at the jail in Oyem, Gabon. Elephant poaching carries a three year sentence.

More and more countries are putting natural assets like clean water, forests and other ecosystems into the center of their economic decision-making, a High-level Ministerial Dialogue on Natural Capital Accounting, on the eve of the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, heard Thursday.

The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. The desert riparian ecosystem of the Upper San Pedro River is one of a few remnants of the formerly extensive network of similar areas throughout the region.

An earthquake in 2005 caused widespread destruction in Balakot, in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

“Gap’s latest advertising campaign declares that we should ‘Be Bright’, but by collaborating with toxic suppliers Gap’s clothes are turning the Citarum into a multi-coloured mess.