Australia wants to phase out harpooning of whales in the Southern Ocean over the next five years and is calling for an end to “scientific whaling”.

A new study found that almost 10 percent of the world's 1.9 million classified species were under threat.

Australia's famed Tasmanian devil has been labeled endangered due to an infectious and lethal cancer, the government announced.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 17, 2008) - Waratah Coal (TSX VENTURE:WCI) (Waratah) CEO and President Peter Lynch said today the Company remains firmly committed to its plans for an export coal project in Central Queensland.

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