ENVIRONMENT

CISRO's 94-metre science ship, RV Investigator, aims to put Australia into the marine science big league.

Passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 refuse to believe that their loved ones are dead. Girlfriend of Philip Wood believes authorities are interfering with the findings.

Two fissures gushing out lava was seen in Iceland on Sep. 4 which hould be seen even from space.

A Pakistani sailor had jumped into crocodile-infested waters during war games off the Northern Territory. He managed to avoid the crocodiles and swam away.

Men in Australia are more likely to be attacked by sharks than women, maybe because of staying long in the water.

A Pakistani sailor appears to have jumped into the crocodile infested waters during his participation in the war games off the Northern Territory coast.

Warnings are being given by the wildlife campaigners that cousins of the kangaroo, bettongs and rock-wallabies, are on the verge of extinction.

Scientists have conducted researches and investigations on the "sailing stones" in Death Valley since 1940s -- and found that an underlying pond may be the reason.

A fisherman who went fishing last week, in Fort Pierce, Florida, found what he calls an oversized "alien creature".

An asteroid will pass closest to New Zealand on Sept. 8. The fast-moving object is said to be about the size a of a whale.

A new species of gigantic dinosaur has been unearthed in a desert in Argentine. The dinosaur weighed more than 59 tonnes and measured 26 metres from head to tail.

Scientists think that the plane might have come down in the MH370 search area where hard objects inconsistent with the region were found during seabed mapping.

In the ocean depths off of Australia, 'alien' unclassifiable mushroom-shaped organisms have been found.

Volcanoes erupted in Iceland and Papua New Guinea.

On Aug 24, images of a mid-level solar flare were captured by the US space agency National Aeronautic and Space Administration's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Danish authorities have been crticised by Hollywood star, Charlie Sheen, as fourteen anti-whaling activists were arrested in the North Atlantic.

A new study conducted by the scientists from the Universities of Cambridge Aberdeen has found that an increase in the consumption of meat would cause global warming.

Sept 1 is National Disaster Prevention Day in Japan and to observe it, the Trade and Industry Ministry advised citizens to stock toilet paper

Around 400 million years ago the fish began exploring land and evolved into tetrapods that are today's amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. It is a still unknown as to how these fishes could use their bodies and fins to move on land and conform to the environment.

A survey of the priority search area for MH370 in the Indian Ocean is almost complete with the help of two ships that used multi beam sonar.

The Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland erupted, throwing lava to a distance of more than fifty metres into the air on Aug. 31.

Despite the government's tall claims about its environmental policies, Great Barrier Reef is deteriorating slowly .

Teams of scientists who are monitoring the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland have found evidence of an underground eruption as earthquakes are continuing to rock the area, reported Yahoo News.

Tiny pieces of plastic used in toothpastes, shampoos, shower gels and exfoliants have been found in the Sydney Harbour and could pose a threat to marine animals and humans as they are toxic in nature.

Showing that he practices what he preaches, green advocate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore invested £8 million in Ovo Energy. The investment comes before one of the fastest-growing new power suppliers in the UK launches its initial public offering (IPO).

A Japanese court has ruled that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is liable for the suicide of a woman in 2011 due to physical and mental effects brought by the disaster.

Setting fire to more than 40% of the world's garbage only creates more garbage in the environment.

A Canadian teenager saved her sister from a cougar in Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta and it was her scream that apparently scared the wild animal away.

A 5,000-insect-strong wasp nest covering a bed was tackled by a pest controller.