Mandarin/Nat China opened Asia's largest aquarium Saturday, an enormous facility designed to bring aquatic entertainment to China's growing middle class. It is the second elaborate aquarium to open in the Chinese capital, Beijing, in the...

HEADLINE: Raw Video: Dolphin treatment draws protest CAPTION: Protesters wearing dolphin costumes descend on the Japanese Embassy in Washington, calling attention to how the animals are treated in that country's waters, with some...

HEADLINE: How to budge a wayward whale? CAPTION: Since scientists have yet to find the key to luring two stranded whales back into the ocean, spectators who've been showing up along the banks of the Sacramento River are offering their...

1. Wide of thousands of residents, from areas devastated by December's oil spill, marching on the street during rally to demand compensation 2. Mid of residents marching with placards during rally 3. Man holding oysters surrounded by...

Cape Town, 25 April 2009 1. Medium shot of penguins in a line 2. Tight shot of penguins in a line 3. Tight shot of penguin looking through fence. 4. Medium shot of woman feeding penguin. 5. Medium shot of two women feeding penguin....

1. Various aerials of Playa Linda where shark attack took place 2. Various interiors of police aircraft 3. More aerials of Playa Linda 4. Various tracking shots of Navy patrol searching nearby waters 5. Police divers in water 6....

Spanish/Nat Peru's sea fishing industry has been beached high and dry by the sudden arrival of unusually warm coastal waters. The climatic phenomenon, called El Nino (Pro: Neanyo), has displaced the Humboldt current and driven...

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English/Nat The President of Kiribati landed on Millennium Island on Thursday, as his people made final preparations to be among the first to usher in the third millennium. Teberuro Tito, who consolidated all of the islands of Kiribati...

1. Mid of US President George W. Bush walking up stairs and shaking hands with Australian Prime Minister John Howard and heading to to meeting 2. Mid of Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet walking up stairs and shaking hands with...

Conservationist groups protest against whale hunting outside the international whaling commission conference. 1. gv protesters on remains of rubber whale in the river Thames with banner reading "save the whale" 2. ms banner reading...

1. View from boat heading to site where the Gray Whale mates and spawns at "Ojo de Liebre" lagoon 2. Mid of boat skipper talking to another man 3. Close up of skipper''s hand on steering wheel 4. Close up of dolphin swimming alongside...

HEADLINE: Calif. beaches reopen after fatal shark attack CAPTION: Southern California beaches, that were closed throughout the weekend while searchers look for a presumed great white shark that killed a swimmer, have opened once again....

Natural Sound Keiko the killer whale is happily swimming in his new home. The ailing star of the "Free Willy" movies, got a warm welcome as he arrived at the new home built for him with seven (m) million U-S million in donations from...

1. Various shots of Huang Yan preparing to swim with Beluga whale in aquarium 2. Huang Yan standing in front of whale by swimming pool, stroking it 3. Close-up of whale 4. Boy's grandmother shouting towards him from stand 5. Trainer...

1. Northern Kuwait security checkpost with sign saying 'Stop Inspection Point' 2. Various of coalition military hardware on the move 3. Military vehicles pass checkpoint 4. Night Vision of Chinook overflying with army ambulance in the...

Washington DC, USA - 17 August 2000 1. Wide shot inflated whale with banner reading: "Japan Killing Whales Will Kill Trade" 2. Pan from close-up of face of the inflated whale to wide shot of protesters with banners 3. Zoom into man with...

HEADLINE: Scientists record music composed by fish, ants CAPTION: Scientists at Georgia Tech in Atlanta are trying to set the movements of fish and ants to music. If they're successful, the results could help both humans and animals live...

English/Nat After swimming 800km with a satellite tracking device on his back Percy the Penguin is back home on Dassen Island off Cape Town. On Friday he was freed once again into the wild after having the device taken off his back....

Spanish/Eng/Nat The captain of a tanker that grounded off the Galapagos islands is being treated for "nervous tension." Investigators say he's been unable to resume answering questions because of lower back pain and sharp abdominal pains...

'Safari' zookeepers at the Ramat Gan Zoo in Tel Aviv were sure they were dealing with yet another penguin couple, but in a routine blood exam they realised that the two penguins were both in fact female. "After we realised that they are...

Kabul - 31 May 2007 1. Set up shot of Major John Thomas International Security Assistant Forces (ISAF) spokesman 2. Close-up of US Air Force badge 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Major John Thomas, ISAF spokesman: "Last (Wednesday) night, a...

Spanish/Nat Torrential rain caused by the 'El Nino' weather phenomenon earlier this year has turned miles of desert in Peru into a giant lake. The massive stretch of water in the north of Peru, which measures 80 kilometres (50 miles)...

Gulf of Mexico - 22 July 2010 1. Wide of ships working at oil spill site 2. Onboard shot of US Coast Guard boat moving towards work site 3. Waves off side of US Coast Guard boat 4. Wide of US Coast Guard ship Port Fourchon, Louisiana -...