As the end of term approaches, science prepares for the long summer holidays and traditionally the less groundbreaking research projects surface.

Marine Biologists have devised a month long series of experiments to determine whether octopodes* have a favoured tentacle.


*Yes, that is the correct plural. It's just not that commonly used. picked by pocksucket 9 hours ago

A TIGER shark measuring more than 4m has been caught at Trinity Beach as new figures show a spike in sharks caught in nets and drumlines off Cairns, north-eastern Australia. picked by LiviaLive 11 hours ago

FROLICKING pods of humpback whales making their yearly northern migration have thrilled reef watchers off Cairns, Australia. picked by LiviaLive 2 days ago

In recent years, researchers have begun to take far more seriously the bonds between humans and animals and to evaluate those relationships in a more positive light. picked by deEPCHIll 2 days ago

Bad enough that Japanese pet owners are so obsessed with Hello Kitty they make their feline friends wear specially designed costumes, some even put them on their dogs. That's just wrong. picked by mitzuzake 6 days ago

IT'S been a long two-and-a-half weeks for Smokey the cat. The 18-month-old tabby was stuck in the wall cavity, between the laundry and bathroom of a new house in Cairns, Australia, from about June 14. picked by LiviaLive 1 week ago

A 42-year-old chimpanzee who is toilet-trained and can eat with a knife and fork is believed to be at large in a Southern California forest.

Moe served as his owner's best man at wedding. picked by bevissimo 1 week ago

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Fifteen camels, two zebras and several llamas and pot-bellied pigs escaped from a circus visiting Amsterdam early Monday, police said. picked by bevissimo 1 week ago

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - A 12-year-old boy is in the hospital after a bison he was posing near flipped him in the air at Yellowstone National Park. picked by bevissimo 1 week ago

Between eight and twelve million bees escaped from crates when a trailer overturned in Sacremento. The bees swarmed over an area of Highway 99. Several bee wranglers were required to round them all up. picked by pocksucket 1 week ago

Australia is seeing a massive increase in the number of crocodile deaths caused by ingesting cane toads which secrete a toxin. The death of the crocodiles, being the top predators, could have unpredictable and drastic changes to the environment. picked by 2manyusernames 1 week ago

Falcons genetically closer to parrots than hawks. picked by Inc0m 1 week ago

Urban wildlife is getting the better of humans. Bear Wise program is for humans...the bears are getting the best of Canadians--much to their surprise. picked by diana 2 weeks ago

Strong documentary relating the mystery at the root of the Virunga gorilla massacre.
Folling these posts : 1 - 2 picked by wildminou 2 weeks ago

A man accused of assaulting and tying up his mother because he was reportedly mad about the death of his pet skunk. picked by tmw5989 2 weeks ago

The nearly 2-year-old black lab escaped from home and bit a woman. Junior's punishment wasn't supposed to be a death sentence, just quarantine.

Animal Control interim director Mary Conaton said the dog's death was caused when a worker misread a card on Junior's cage and took the wrong animal for the lethal injection. picked by bevissimo 2 weeks ago

Giving ugly animals their day in the sun. We avoid the simply tragic, diseased, or maimed. Rather, these creatures are only as hideous as nature - or their owners - intended. picked by doggylives 2 weeks ago

Goats were on the catwalk for the Most Beautiful Goat competition in Riyadh, capitol of Saudi Arabia picked by wildminou 2 weeks ago

This 1.2m western brown proved why he is one of the deadliest snakes in the world when he took on one of his own in the Top End. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

You can't get much happier than a pig in muck, or so we are told.

But when this little piggy arrived in the farmyard she showed a marked reluctance to get her trotters dirty. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

This tiny puppy may have been born without front legs but there's no way that is holding her back.

Hope, the appropriately named two-legged Maltese puppy gets around by using a specially-designed device which features wheels from a model aeroplane. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

"Sparky" may have been the cause of a Sacramento power outage affecting 15,000 people. picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

The leopard probably escaped captivity but no one has reported it missing. picked by bevissimo 2 weeks ago

AN Aussie plumber has spoken of the moment he fought off a 5m saltwater croc with a palm frond just before its jaws latched on to one of his pig hunting dogs. Tom Bartlett from Cairns, who was yesterday recovering from surgery for a knee injury suffered in the attack, said he was "bloody lucky" to survive the ordeal at a Cape York lagoon three weeks ago. picked by LiviaLive 2 weeks ago

Fish! picked by hOOsker 3 weeks ago