A giant deep-sea crab has been caught in a fisherman's nets off the Isles of Scilly. The one meter box crab, which has been named Spud, has a missing claw and is being cared for at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium. The species can grow up to 2m and is normally found at depths of 2.3km.
Brazil and United States topped the list of nations demanding private information about Google users, according to a tool the web giant unveiled Tuesday.
Many of the world’s largest investments in the field of astronomy can be found in Chile for the same reasons that Cerro Armazones, in the Antofagasta region, may become home to a new telescope that would produce images 15 times shaper than the Hubble telescope.
Mexican and German researchers have found the fossil of a giant squid that lived in northern Mexico about 100 million years ago, the daily La Jornada reported Friday.
Shortly after declaring itself clear of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on March 23, South Korea is yet again battling the animal disease that was found to have contaminated a local cattle farm last Friday.
Kidney function improved in type-1 diabetics with the highest average intake of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) versus those who consumed the lower fatty acids intakes, according to the latest issue of the journal Diabetes Care.
Bolivia, Venezuela and Ecuador are considered endemic foot and mouth disease regions according to the Pan-American FAM office, Panaftosa, which keeps track of the disease in the continent and has its main offices in Brazil.
South Korea's Agriculture ministry said Saturday that it has confirmed two more foot-and-mouth outbreaks on Ganghwa Island, 58 kilometres west of Seoul.
Venezuela raised this week government-set price caps on milk and dairy products as much as 30% in an attempt to boost benefits for producers and head off shortages of basic goods.
The Chilean Antofagasta regional hospital diagnosed an 18-month old infant girl with cholera on Monday. Dr. Antonio Cárdenas, Chief of Paediatrics, told a local paper in Antofagasta that the infant had a virus called Vibrio Cholera.