Man and dog made it safely back to shore. The dog suffered bite wounds but was not critically injured.

Upper Hutt residents fear they could be shot accidentally if a safari park catering for inexperienced hunters gets approval.

PROTESTERS have vowed to become human shields to stop the slaughter of hundreds of kangaroos at an Australian military base.

Dog stranded in desert for 4 months gets rescued by train conductor. All aboard for I've-got-something-in-my-eye-ville.

A rare 3-foot-long spitting earthworm that smells like lilies is at the heart of a legal battle between conservationists and the U.S. government. "This worm is the stuff that legends and fairy tales are made of. A pity we're losing it."

In 1996 scientists first discovered the facial tumors on Tasmanian devils. Subsequent research revealed that the cancer is transmitted from one devil to another when tumor cells are transplanted through fighting, biting, and other physical contact.

After more than 2 weeks and 4,000 miles, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza has had to abandon its quest to stop the Japanese whaling fleet due to a lack of fuel.

Ecuadorean officials are investigating the slaughter of 53 sea lions from the Galapagos Islands nature reserve, which were found with their heads caved in. The dead animals included 13 pups, 25 youngsters, nine males and six females.

The smiling children giggled as they patted the young goat on its head and tickled it behind the ears. It could have been a happy scene from a family zoo anywhere in the world but for what happened next.

The green wave is rolling, and has drowned those who doubt whether the Earth is really warming, and question the role of human activity in any warming.