English octopus predicts German win

(Paul The Octopus predicts Serbia’s shock win) AAP – 10 hours ago Disastrous news for England fans ahead of the crunch last-16 match with Germany on Sunday: an octopus in Germany with a perfect track record of predicting World Cup matches has predicted a German win. Two plastic boxes containing tasty morsels, one with a [...]

Archaeologists discover ‘museum under the sea’ at Gallipoli

NewsCore | June 21, 2010 10:00AM TURKISH and Australian archaeologists have discovered a “museum under the sea” at Gallipoli. The find includes the wreck of a barge that carried injured and dead Australian and New Zealand soldiers from Anzac Cove during the World War I Gallipoli campaign in Turkey,  The Dominion Post reported. A sonar [...]

Gray whale off Israel called ‘most amazing sighting in history of whales’

Monday, May 10, 2010 12:28pm PDT By: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com The discovery Saturday of a gray whale swimming in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel has been labeled by Robert Brownell, a prominent cetacean researcher, “the most amazing sighting in the history of whales.” The discovery Saturday of a gray whale swimming in the Mediterranean Sea off [...]

Scuba diving in the Gulf of Mexico

8:13 AM Thursday Jun 10, 2010 An exclusive look at the oil spill with a dive team who explored how the oil is impacting the Gulf of Mexico. View video on The New Zealand Herald.

Protection status changes to Wildlife Act

Date: 10 June 2010 Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation Whale sharks, katipo spiders and all giant weta will now be absolutely protected under changes to the Wildlife Act, Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson announced today. They are among 12 previously unprotected species of invertebrate and a number of marine species, including manta ray, [...]