TOWNSVILLE, Australia, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Australian scientists have issued another warning concerning global warming, saying kangaroos face possible extinction this century as temperatures rise.

MIDDLESBROUGH, England, May 15 (UPI) -- A British woman is demanding the firings of two hospital staff members after her answering machine recorded them describing her as a black-toothed alcoholic.

TOWNSVILLE, Australia, April 21 (UPI) -- A team of international scientists says the Pacific Ocean atoll of Bikini, the site of the most powerful U.S. nuclear bomb explosion, is recovering.

TOWNSVILLE, Australia, March 26 (UPI) -- Australian scientists have discovered coral reefs have an addiction to "junk food" and order symbiotic algae to produce it.

CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- An Australian-U.S. study suggests the black, white and yellow butterflyfish admired by eco-tourists and aquarium keepers might be at risk of extinction.

KAMPALA, Uganda, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A study suggested two hydroelectric dams threaten the health of Africa's Lake Victoria and of the people living along its 2,100-mile shoreline.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007.

COLUMBIA, Mo., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have created an in vitro model for arthritis studies that they said should minimize the use of mice or other laboratory animals.

OMAHA, July 18 (UPI) -- The family of a 6-year-old Nebraska boy who suffocated when trapped in an old microwave has received an outpouring of support from people wanting to help.