Invasion of the Jellyfish

It seems that people either love fish or consider it repugnant, but either way, one cannot ignore its important relevance to our diet. Speaking on a global scale, millions of people depend on our oceans for their...

Rare cheetah caught on camera and rare crab sighted in Britain

An incredibly rare cheeta has been photographed in the Algerian Sahara by scientists from the Zoological Society of London, while over in Britain, an incredibly rare crab has been sighted for the third time in...

Rogers Centre awarded sausage tiara

Have you seen the New York Times culinary scorecard for all thirty Major League Baseball stadiums? The brain child of Michael Lindsay, Jon Huang and Miki Meek features a point and click map that details the good,...

Monster crab with claws the size of a man's hand captured off the British coast

"It lurked in the wreck of an old battleship 160ft below the surface – a true monster of the deep. Diver Paul Worsley could hardly believe the size of the giant crab he found in Lyme Bay, off the Dorset coast....

Badung, Denpasar's Big Sister

"Badung Regency, south coast of Bali When the other rival kingdoms in south Bali were defeated by the Dutch in 1900, Badung Kingdom gained an expansive links trade. But it was last only for six years as Badung was finally invaded in 1906 through a massive battle known as...

Richmond BC: Zen Food Fails To Impress Says Wanna Be Iron Chef.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn the World of Foodies, wanna be chefs like myself who religiously watch Food Network and Iron Chef are always looking for new and interesting foods created by others,...

Lampung earns $360 mln from exports to America

Bandarlampung (ANTARA News) - Lampung province last year earned US$360.52 million from its non-oil/non-gas exports to American countries, up 17.72 percent from a year earlier.The figure represented 15.51 percent of the province`s total exports valued at US2.32 billion last...

Crab invasion threatens Antarctic

"An army of shell-crushing crabs is poised to invade parts of the Antarctic Ocean that were off limits to the crustaceans for millions of years because of the intensely cold water. Scientists believe that, as...

Bush may end drilling ban in Alaskan bay

"WASHINGTON - President Bush is deciding whether to lift a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off Alaska's Bristol Bay, home to endangered whales and sea lions and the world's largest sockeye salmon...

Pacific Crab Invades Atlantic (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

" Andrea Thompson LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Wed Sep 6, 5:00 PM ET There's a new face appearing on Atlantic Ocean "most wanted" posters: the Dungeness crab. Marine scientists are worried that this west coast crab could be invading east coast waters after it was...

Fisherman shot dead for sake of a haul of crab in islands dispute - Times Online

" From Richard Lloyd Parry in Tokyo Mikhail Galuzin, the acting Russian ambassador, faces questions in Toyko (KATSUMI KASAHARA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES) RUSSIAN coastguards patrolling a disputed chain of islands shot dead a Japanese fisherman yesterday, in the contested...

Pacific 'dead zone' said to exceed fears (AP)

" By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER, Associated Press Writer Fri Aug 11, 8:55 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. - Scientists say the oxygen-starved "dead zone" along the Pacific Coast that is causing massive crab and fish die-offs is worse than initially thought. Scientists say weather, not pollution,...

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