Migaloo, a twentysomething rare white humpback whale was seen this week along Australia's east coast, where he's migrating northward with other humpbacks. Video.

Despite falling nearly ten stories from it and losing a child in 2008, the Combatas—like the other seven families of a Bolivian village—continue using a crucial river-spanning cable. Video.

Some dogs can smell odors given off by humans with bladder cancer and diabetes, researchers say. In some cases, the canines warn of oncoming attacks. Video.

Sinkholes around the Dead Sea pose a hazard to tourists and the environment alike. The danger may only get worse, and geologists hope to map problem areas to help protect the public. Video.

Lady Hor, an ancient Egyptian mummy at New York's Brooklyn Museum, is actually Sir Hor, CT scans reveal. Video.

In a Florida forest, worm "grunters" use an unusual technique to catch earthworms to sell for bait.Video.

Never mind chewing gum, this new robot can walk and "emote" at the same time, using both its face and arms to convey "feelings"—a first, scientists say. Video.

In India the age-old custom of arranged marriages are increasingly made through Internet connections. Video.

Scientists in Indonesia claim they have unearthed the 200,000-year-old skeleton of a giant elephant that stood more than 13 feet (4 meters) tall. Video.

A U.K. team has found several species that may be new to science in a Mozambique mountain range that had no previous record of exploration. Video.

In the busy waters off Massachusetts, researchers are hand-tagging humpback whales to learn how to protect the species from potentially lethal collisions with ships. Video.

After surviving an oil slick off the Namibian coast and being rehabilitated in South Africa, close to a hundred jackass penguins, or African penguins, were set free and began swimming hundreds of miles home in May. Video.

A bug-eyed salamander and a colorful poison frog are among 12 species possibly new to science recently found in the mountains of Ecuador. Video.

Archaeologists have begun excavating more of the famed terra-cotta warriors, life-size clay figures created to guard the tomb of China's first emperor. Video.

Fighting off, and feeding on, rodents that would gnaw away at masterpieces, dozens of "working" cats patrol the labyrinthine storerooms of Russia's Hermitage museum. Video.