SYDNEY: A thumbnail-sized frog with a long snout, a brilliant green katydid with bright pink eyes and a mouse with a white-tipped tail are among 200 species scientists have discovered in Papua New Guinea.
The findings were unveiled this week by (...)
SYDNEY: A sailboat largely constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles has completed a 4-month journey across the Pacific Ocean meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste.
The Plastiki, a 60-foot (18-meter) catamaran, and its (...)
SYDNEY: A judge ordered Australian band Men at Work on Tuesday to hand over a portion of the royalties from their 1980s hit "Down Under," after previously ruling its distinctive flute riff was copied from a children's campfire song.
But the (...)
SYDNEY: An Australian teen who has spent seven months at sea in a bid to become the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world was just a few hundred nautical miles from her goal Friday, and likened the excitement over her (...)
