Management of a paper mill on the shore of the world's oldest and largest freshwater lake say the mill's reopening poses no accident risk to Lake Baikal's unique and fragile ecosystem. Factory management, which held a news conference in Moscow with ...

A leak from Russia's new Siberian oil pipeline shows the potentially damaging consequences the project could have for the endangered Siberian tiger, an environmental campaign group warned on Friday. Around 300 cubic metres (10,600 cubic feet) of oil leaked from the pipeline in eastern Siberia, Igor Dyomin, spokesman for Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft told AFP. The leak ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - For the first 45 years of his life, Ted Cross was oblivious to the birds around him. Then, for unknown reasons, he became obsessed with them. For the past four decades, Cross has pursued his passion for photographing waterbirds across four continents -- from Snowy Egrets, which were close to extinction because their plumes fetched high prices ...