The amazing eyes of a giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could hold the key to developing a new type of super high-quality DVD player, British scientists said on Sunday.
Dogs and cats, the world's most popular house pets, use up more energy resources in a year than driving a car, according to a new book.
"Meet the Breeds" exhibition in New York featured about 200 breeds of dogs and cats.
A 45-year-old Texas woman has been committed for mental evaluation after authorities say she lived in an apartment for a week with her dead boyfriend's body.
A teenage Indian boy was thrashed, paraded through the streets with his head shaved and then thrown under a train for daring to write a love letter to a girl from a different caste, police said on Thursday.
A married couple in Cambodia who had "finally had enough" of each other have gone their separate ways by literally cutting their home in half.
Nine-day-old tiger cubs suckle on a pig at a farm in the village of Marianovka, some 400 km south-east of Kiev September 24, 2008.
Portland Police took a waterfront Lady Godiva down a notch this week. Barely. They were getting calls about a nude skater whizzing past tourists and rush-hour commuters.
A small hotel on Turkey's Mediterranean coast has fired all its male employees for repeatedly having affairs with foreign female guests, the manager said on Wednesday.
A British man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home after neighbors complained about noisy sex, a local official said Thursday.
Charleston police said a man tried to rob a movie rental store with an unusual weapon - an empty cheesecake box.
Two babies were born at 8:08 a.m. on 8/8/08, weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces, in US.
Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
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