A bird diving and swimming underwater seems like a paradox but then, our feathery friends are crafty when it comes to reaching tasty prey like fish - some birds even dive a few feet deep to catch it! Dippers, gannets, kingfishers, gulls, swans and cormora

A race of intelligent, diminutive hominids co-existing alongside humanity in South-East Asia? In the year 2003, a creature from mythology stepped out of the shadows and into the cold, hard light of science when an archaeological dig revealed what ap

Numbers on the bird's main wintering grounds have halved since 1994 and there have been big falls in the number of breeding pairs in its heartlands of Spain, France and Germany

In 2000 researchers discovered several dozen of them in south-west Cambodia. Experts now believe there are 250 Siamese crocodiles living in the wild in the region.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - North Pole elves have good reason to celebrate again, thanks to a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to resume a Santa Claus letter program that's thrilled children from around the world for decades.

Advances made in genetic profiling could be used to fight illegal timber trading, provide authentication of herbal medicines and map entire food chains, according to experts at a conference of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.

Bankruptcy may seem like strong medicine, but debtors in the US have it relatively easy. Public humiliation, years of re-education, even jail await deadbeats abroad.

Some 46 million turkeys have been or are now being slaughtered for Thanksgiving in the United States this year, and by the end of the year, the total number slaughtered will be between 250 million and 300 million.

Greenpeace has asked for our help to deliver a message to President Obama. Be a part of something bigger than yourself. Tell President Obama that you still do have hope -- hope for the future and a belief that yes he can lead us to a solution on climate