DON'T be surprised if you find an echidna looking for love in your backyard tonight. The breeding season of the echidna runs from June to September, so right now male echidnas are on the move across the Clarence looking for females. Clarence Valley

View some funny and endearing photos of our animal mates.

When and where did the wolf become a domestic woofer? That is the question. The answer is: We're not really sure. But we're getting closer to finding out. Domestic dogs originated from grey wolves tens of thousands of years ago, according to

Scuba divers are quite familiar with the dangers associated with decompression. Diving deep into high-pressure waters forces the compressed air in their tanks into solution in the blood stream. As they surface, some of the nitrogen in this dissolved

When a modern Western country whose economy is based on science and technology adopts an absurdly medieval law, one would think that this would be a news story of at least moderate size. Oddly though, almost no attention has been paid in the United Stare

Vermont State Senator, Ed Flanagan, was apparently tugging his joystick at a YMCA in Burlington, Vermont. Two other Y members walked in on the Senator, who appeared to pleasuring himself on a bench. You know, it's always kind of felt like American gove

The freaks come out at night, and so do the cockroaches -- and lots of other pests. More than half of U.S. homes used insecticides to get rid of the buggers. But did you know those sprays can harm

Research in the lab of Dr. Joel Coats in the Department of Entomology at Iowa State University indicates that chemicals produced naturally by two plants, catnip and the osage orange (also known as hedgeapple) repel German cockroaches. Folklore includes

A drug deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a weekday afternoon. Erick Alvaro hands over a white paper bag to his 58-year-old customer, who inspects the bag to ensure ever

Losing a wing mirror or windscreen wiper has long been a traditional risk of driving through a monkey enclosure - but this troop of baboons has set its sights higher. The marauding bunch has learned how to crack open roof-top luggage boxes.