Noise, whale stress links

Researchers say an ocean experiment that was accidentally conducted amid the shipping silence after September 11 has shown the first link between underwater noise and stress in whales.

V-Day a customs headache

Spare a thought for US Customs officials - with tens of millions of bouquets to inspect, their Valentine's Day is set to be a logistical nightmare.

'I'm bad, but not that bad'

An Australian magistrate has praised the actions of a man who stole a wallet and two mobile phones, then turned himself in to police when he found images of what he thought was child pornography on one of the phones.

Whopper whale shark washes up

It took two cranes to lift a 10-metre long whale shark from the sea.