Researchers in the UK say cows with names make 3.4 percent more milk in a year than cows that just feel, well, like cows. Just as people respond better to the personal touch, cows also feel happier and more relaxed if they are given personal attention.

Scientists are racing to save the axolotl from extinction. The foot-long salamander also known as the Mexican Walking Fish is a key part of Aztec legend & diet, now victim of the draining of its lake habitat, deteriorating water quality & non-native fish.

Monkeys can experience the joy of giving in much the same way as humans do. Tests in capuchin monkeys showed the animals consistently chose to share food with another monkey if given the option, suggesting they are capable of empathy.

LONDON - Christie's auction house has sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" for $833,654. The lyrics were written during Lennon's 1969 Bed-in protest for peace at the Queens Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

China, India & other energy-guzzling developing nations on Wednesday rejected key elements of a global warming strategy embraced by President Bush and leaders of wealthy nations. And the U.N's top climate official dismissed the G-8 goals as insignificant.

A sea dragon at the Georgia Aquarium has something to celebrate this Father's Day. One of the rare creatures is pregnant for only the third time ever at a U.S. aquarium, aquarium officials said. But don't look for the expectant mom -- dads carry the eggs.

When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught -- recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.

She is called Beauty, even though part of her beak was shot off several years ago, leaving her disfigured and with a stump that is useless for hunting food. A team of volunteers is working to attach an artificial beak in an effort to keep her alive.

Six federally protected sea lions in Oregon were shot and killed as they lay in traps meant to humanely catch them. The discovery came one day after 3 elephant seals were found shot to death at a breeding ground near San Simeon in central California.

The happy babbling that entertains parents as their babies try to mimic speech turns out to have a parallel in the animal world. Baby birds babble away before mastering their adult song, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.