PORT ST JOHNS, South Africa (25 Mar 2009) — The Natal Sharks Board believes that a tiger shark killed a young surfer in Port St Johns, a popular shark feeding destination. Geremy Cliff , the executive officer for research at the Natal Sharks Board, told CDNN he strongly suspects that a tiger shark killed 16-year-old [...]

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Queen’s University says new research it conducted shows crabs not only suffer pain but retain a memory of it. The study, which looked at the reactions of hermit crabs to small electric shocks, was carried out by Professor Bob Elwood and Mirjam Appel. The crabs reacted adversely to the shocks but also seemed to try [...]

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by EVAN T. ALLARD @ CDNN – CYBER DIVER News Network PHU CU, Vietnam (24 Mar 2009) — Police arrested four fishermen who accidentally killed a diver with explosives. Police officials in the Phu Cu District in the central province of Binh Dinh told CDNN the Coast Guard heard an explosion and caught the fishermen [...]

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4:00AM Wednesday Mar 25, 2009 By Catherine Field Bomber Xavier Maniguet who died yesterday. A member of the French Secret Service team that carried out the Rainbow Warrior bombing in 1985 has been killed in a plane crash in the French Alps. Xavier Maniguet, 62, was one of four men aboard the yacht Ouvea that [...]

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4:00AM Saturday Mar 14, 2009 By Jacqueline Smith Kelly Weeds was trying to beat his dad’s spearfishing record when he was called in to help search for a missing diver on Sunday. He and his father, Kerikeri resident Garry Weeds, were enjoying a boys’ weekend at Doubtless Bay near Karikari Peninsula. Garry Weeds, 65, was [...]

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