Dr Visser found 48 whales, and only three of the carcasses had been butchered for meat. On many of the other whales, only the tusks had been taken.

The NIWA says 50 Southern Alps glaciers now have the least ice in them since records began 32 years ago.

Plans by Australian woodchip giant Gunns Ltd., to continue clearcutting of Tasmania's ancient forests to feed a massive new paper pulp mill, appear to be near final collapse. Gunns is scrambling to raise the cash needed to build the AU$2 billion pulp mill

"Deep inside an underwater cave in Mexico, archaeologists may have discovered the oldest human skeleton ever found in the Americas. Dubbed Eva de Naharon, or Eve of Naharon, the female skeleton has been dated at 13,600 years old.

A huge 19 square mile (55 square km) ice shelf in Canada's northern Arctic broke away last month and the remaining shelves have shrunk at a "massive and disturbing" rate, the latest sign of accelerating climate change in the remote region, scientists said

Due to the remarkable preservative power of being embalmed in amber, the tiny foot of this ancient lizard still shows the tiny "lamellae,".

VSD France article asks "Do you want bullfighting banned?" - and,shockingly,so far 62.5% have voted NON!

Gray wolves in the northern Rockies regained endangered-species protections Friday when a federal judge in Montana granted a preliminary injunction to environmentalists, who had challenged the wolves' delisting.

Lace corals diversified in deep waters before launching at least 3 successful invasions of shallow water tropical habitats.

The finding may help explain why a nasty suite of antisocial personality traits known as the "dark triad" persists in the human population.