Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin
In this file photo, "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin wrestles a crocodile at an MGM luncheon at ShoWest 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 6, 2002. Irwin died September 4, 2006 after being fatally injured by a stingray. Irwin pulled its barb out of his chest before losing consciousness and dying, his manager said on Tuesday. (UPI Photo/Roger Williams)
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SYDNEY, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Three anti-whaling activists were injured in a skirmish with a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic, conservationists said.
BUNBURY, Australia, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Three anti-whaling activists from Australia boarded a Japanese boat their cohorts say was monitoring their activities off the Australian coast.
OSLO, Norway, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Searchers have failed to find a Norwegian yacht missing in frigid Antarctic waters for several days with three crew members aboard, officials said Sunday.
MELBOURNE, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is urging whalers and protesters "to act responsibly" in the faceoff over Japanese whaling off the antarctic.
CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A Japanese whaling vessel rammed and sank a boat belonging to the environmental group Sea Shepherd, the group's founder said Wednesday.
JAKARTA, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Six female eastern grey kangaroos from Australia have arrived at their new home at a safari park in West Java province, Indonesia, a park official says.
NEWTON, N.J., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Growing up with Catholic, control-freak parents who urged my brother, sister and me to keep our expectations low for fear of disappointment, I vowed that I would always tell my own kids to reach for the stars.
SYDNEY, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. environmental protesters say they have ended their anti-whaling efforts against Japanese fishing vessels in the Southern Ocean for this year.
SYDNEY, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The captain of a Dutch-registered environmental activists' vessel acknowledges ramming a Japanese whaler while trying to interrupt its work.
TOKYO, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Japanese whalers are trying to disrupt anti-whaling efforts by getting other nations to refuse activists entry to their ports to refuel their ship.
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