An analysis of new census figures has shown that Australia is suffering from an unprecedented "man drought". The statistics have revealed that there are almost 100,000 more females than males in Australia.

Anchovies have joined cod on a list of threatened fish species which conservationists say should be avoided by shoppers. Anchovies in the Bay of Biscay, Cantabrian Sea, are at an all-time low and, as there is no sustainable alternative,

THE Osprey "Logie" which captured the hearts and imagination of readers after flying 3,000 miles twice in a year between its nest at Logie and migration home in Senegal, has gone missing and there are fears for its two chicks.

Journalists and St. Paul citizens assembled outside St. Paul City Hall to deliver more than 60,000 letters to Mayor Chris Coleman and prosecuting attorneys demanding that they immediately drop charges against all journalists arrested this week ..

European scientists were jubilant on Saturday after the pride of their space fleet, racing towards a rendezvous with a comet in 2014, enjoyed a close encounter with an asteroid likened to a "diamond in the sky."

Evolutionary studies of aging typically utilize small, short-lived animals (insects, worms, mice) under benign conditions - constant temperature and humidity, no parasites, superabundant food - in the laboratory.

Large flightless birds of the southern continents - African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, South American rheas and the New Zealand kiwi - do not share a common flightless ancestor as once believed.

While climate change scientists warn of the increased desert in Africa in the future, researchers working with communities near the Sahara have managed to turn parts of the massive desert green.

A BIG SURPRISE in growing trees is that most of them would rather not be hugged. To discourage this, they start growing branches within a half-metre of the ground and these, lengthening and drooping, effectively seal off access to the trunk and shade out

Since the crisis of Georgia where Russia was the aggressor, the investors of the world have pulled out their investments in Russia, and Russia sees about $25 billion without feet but had walked away from its economy. Is it a good thing that investors wal