Thousands of feet beneath the sea live worms that can cast off green glowing body parts, a move scientists think may be a defensive effort to confuse attackers. Researchers have dubbed the newly discovered critters "green bombers."

An ancient killer is hiding in the remote forests of Siberia. Walled off from western eyes during the Soviet era and forgotten among the endless expanse of wilderness, scientists are starting to uncover the remnants of a supervolcano that rained Hell on E

Ten new species of amphibians -- including three kinds of poisonous frogs and three transparent-skinned glass frogs -- have been discovered in the mountains of Colombia, conservationists said Monday. With amphibians under threat around the globe, the dis

The North Pole may be briefly ice-free by September as global warming melts away Arctic sea ice, according to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.The ice retreated to a record level in September when the Northwest

Shoppers were stunned when a massive swarm of thousands of honey bees touched down in a busy city centre.Around 15,000 insects gathered in Queen Street, Exeter, at around lunchtime on Tuesday.While some people darted for cover, others stood and watched th

Extreme floods and droughts brought on by climate change can turn normally harmless infections into significant threats, international researchers said on Tuesday.They said weather extremes can create conditions in which several fairly harmless diseases c

The rising Mississippi River interrupted travel on two bridges between Iowa and Illinois and forced the helicopter rescue of more than a dozen people sandbagging a levee before it broke, threatening to deluge thousands of acres.Authorities saved several p

Fire retardants in deep sea squids?Marine scientists now have evidence that a whole range of chemical contaminants have found their way to the deepest and most remote parts of the ocean.Cephalopods include octopods, squids, cuttlefishes and nautiluses. Th

Experts are trying to figure out what caused loads of dolphins to swim up a river in Cornwall where they became stranded and died.Rescuers helped seven animals back out to sea but 26 died with two so poorly they had to be put to sleep.Marine experts are c

A SWEDISH diver who spent two nights marooned on an Indonesian island with four other Europeans told today how she had to fight off an aggressive komodo dragon with her weight belt.Helena Nevalainen said the dragon, a member of the largest lizard species