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Researcher Chris Wayne sets up recording equipment at Crater Lake.

Authorities in Zanzibar reported the seizure of 1041 ivory tusks in August 2011.

Flood-affected Pakistanis and their livestock flee Sindh province

Elhadj As Sy, Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa of UNICEF

People in Sindh and elsewhere in Pakistan face floods again

Japan can switch off all nuclear plants permanently by 2012 and still achieve both economic recovery and its CO2 reduction goals, according to a new Greenpeace report. Released today, the Advanced Energy [R]evolution report for Japan (1), shows how energy efficiency and rapid deployment of renewable technology can provide all the power Japan needs.

A WFP food distribution depot in Dungu, in Haut Uele district, DRC

A Soldier with the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 724th Engineer Battalion works on clearing fallen timber in northern Wisconsin's Burnett County Sept. 6. The timber was felled by strong storm winds July 1 and exceed the ability of local governments to clear from roadsides, where the debris poses a fire and public safety hazard.

Who eats what, how much, and why?