An estimated 35,000 pacific walrus have been spotted ashore on a beach in north-west Alaska. Unlike seals, the mammals cannot swim indefinitely and are now coming ashore in record numbers as they struggle to find sea ice for resting in the Artic.

More than 100 people in Dallas are being monitored for symptoms of Ebola after coming into contact with patient Thomas Eric Duncan or others who Duncan had met, health officials said.

Jessica Biel flaunted her yoga-toned figure in a skimpy string bikini while on her Hawaiian holiday Saturday. The 32-year-old actress enjoyed a day at the beach in her black two-piece while with her family on Maui.

People who have had a very mild form of stroke called a transient ischemic attack, or TIA, are at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder, with almost one-third of people later diagnosed with PTSD, a study finds.

Two high school teachers in Louisiana are accused of having a threesome with a then-16-year-old student, police said. Shelley Dufresne, 32, and Rachel Respess, 24, are charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile, contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, and indecent behavior with a juvenile.

The Aids pandemic started in the city of Kinshasa – now the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo – in the 1920s, scientists have concluded.

Sharks may be many things in the popular imagination, but they are not generally noted for their sociability. But that could be about to change after new research has found that sharks possess distinct “social personalities” and that most, though by no means all, are actually quite sociable.

SaskPower officially opened the world’s first commercial-scale, coal-fired power plant equipped with carbon capture and storage technology on Thursday, with expectations the facility will generate global opportunities for Saskatchewan’s state-owned utility.

Have you seen an Eastern Hog-nosed Snake? Scott Gillingwater, Species at Risk Biologist with the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) is asking for the public’s help in protecting this harmless snake. This Threatened species is protected provincially and federally. Scott wants people to report observations of Eastern Hog-nosed Snakes by contacting him at gillingwaters @ thamesriver.on.ca or 519-451-2800 ext …

A fire that broke out Thursday morning in the personnel quarters of a natural gas platform in Cook Inlet forced the rig’s crew to flee in a helicopter and sent a plume of black smoke billowing into the sky.

Mysteries of the deep come alive as satellite data bring thousands of uncharted sea mountains and new clues about deep ocean structures into focus