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The article reports that a federal court has given the U.S. federal government until May 15, 2008 to decide whether the polar bear should be protected as a threatened species. The court's order will force the Department of the Interior to determine whether climate change is shrinking the sea-ice habitat of the polar bear. If the Department has decided that climate change is affecting the habitat, it must list polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

The article reports on the agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a wildlife conservation group to protect endangered California red-legged frog from pesticides. The agreement has been approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Under the agreement, the use of pesticides for agricultural purposes in and adjacent to core habitats of the red-legged frog will be prohibited.

Reports that Kohtaro Matsuo from Mino City in Osaka, Japan, has written about the efforts of JR West Railway to prevent trains from colliding with wild deers. Application of a lion dung, believed to keep deers away from the railways, into an experimental 400-meter stretch of railroad of JR West Railway; Benefits of the experimentation for the company; Installation of yet another simple and expensive method to ensure railroad safety.

Provides updates concerning the chemical industry in the United States as of August 2001. Implementation of the Second Century Plan of the Chemists' Club; Concept of the plan; Concerns of the Wildlife Conservation Society of New York on mass harvesting of wild orchids in Tanzania.