Mistletoe might do more than bring strangers together for a quick kiss. The parasitic plant plays a surprisingly large role in the well-being of forest plants and animals, experts say.
Amid stepped up international protest, the whaling nation tossed its planned hunt for 50 humpbacks but still supports whaling for "research" that critics call a cover.
Using samples originally collected by Charles Darwin nearly 200 years ago, scientists have found that windblown dust can carry microbes across whole oceans and continents.
A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook New Zealand Thursday. Centered off the country's North Island, the temblor caused significant damage but few injuries.
Moderate warming 55 million years ago may have melted huge icelike deposits of greenhouse gases, according to new research that raises dire possibilities for Earth's current warming.
Australia will send camera-equipped planes and a ship to monitor Japanese whaling in the Antarctic. Japan says its activities are "scientific" and, therefore, legal.
Seven whales died in South Korea after a major oil spill earlier this month. Volunteers are cleaning the shoreline and removing bird-killing oil slicks.
The magnificent, poet-inspiring sea bird is under serious threat, and fishhooks are a key problem. Conservationists say 17 of the 24 albatross species face extinction.
