World News | News Desk | September 30, 2009 at 1:44 pm SYDNEY (Reuters) – A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa killing possibly more than 100 people, some washed out to sea, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on Wednesday.President Barack Obama declared a major disaster in American Samoa, a U.S. territory, and ordered federal aid to help recovery efforts, with a U.S. C-130 military transport aircraft due to leave Ho

Megafauna Extinctions Not Entirely Humans’ FaultStudies that have mostly blamed the arrival of humans for die-offs among Australia’s large mammals 50,000 years ago missed the role played by a changing climate, new research suggests. Most assessments of Australian extinctions have used evidence gathered at sites that typically include fossils from only one narrow interval of time, Gilbert Price, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Queensland Three Technologies That Are Helping to Sav

42 degrees, windchill of 32 on the water. 20-25 mph North Wind. 500 casts. Fishless. Beer brings up the core temperature.

With Adventure Collective Active, bike loving travellers will be impressed by the range of cycling tours available in South Australia (www.southaustralia.com) through Adelaide-based operator The Adventure Collective ( www.adventurecollective.com.au ), with options including an epic 30-day Gulf to Gulf trip, five-day food and wine lovers tour as well as something for Tour Down Under race fans. Details are outlined below: All tours exclude international and national flights. 2009 departures

An over-abundance of butterflyfishes may not necessarily be a good thing for corals. Researchers showed a reduced incidence of coral disease in areas of the Philippines where fishing is banned. They conclude that when predatory fish are absent, disease-carrying species thrive. Members of a family called butterflyfish ( Chaetodontidae ), which are not caught for food, appear the likely culprits in disease transmission. Many butterflyfish species feed on coral, and that is perhaps how they

Tiara and Robby It’s a bumper wedding Wednesday with two beautiful weddings for you today! They’re both full of colour and sunshine and perfect for coming into Australia’s spring season! The first wedding is the wedding of Tiara and Robby who married in Ellerslie, Georgia on Robby’s parent’s lake at Ellerslie Lodge . One wek before the wedding, the couple adopted a puppy (pictured above) who was their ring bearer on the wedding day. Here’s how Tiara described their meeting “I (the bri

New research shows climate change may result in fish becoming more aggressive and more vulnerable to predators.

by Bailey Jamieson Have you discovered all that the Gold Coast is Australia has to offer? When you visit the Australian Gold Coast you can chose from a range of excellent accommodation options such as hotels, motels, apartments and of course the famous Gold Coast Resorts. From your Gold Coast accommodation you can access to all the attractions the region offers including surf and swimming beaches, theme parks, tropical forests and waterfalls, golf courses and tours Without doubt, the Gold Co

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