While captive in a Navy program, a beluga whale named Noc began to mimic human speech. What was behind his attempt to talk to us?

People can die simply because they've given up, life has beaten them and they feel defeat is inescapable, according to new research.

Alexander (Greek: Αλέξανδρος, Aléxandros; 1 August 1893 – 25 October 1920) was King of Greece from 11 June 1917 until his death three years later, at the age of 27, from the effects of a monkey bite.

Chinese minority people

Hitler Youth member; convert to Judaism

A plan to build an Apple store at Federation Square has been shelved...

How one plant can be so many foods.

American adventurer; first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel

Agriculture in Kenya dominates Kenya's economy. 15–17 percent of Kenya's total land area has sufficient fertility and rainfall to be farmed, and 7–8 percent can be classified as first-class land. In 2006, almost 75 percent of working Kenyans made their living…

Bison Dele had a long life to look forward to after his early retirement from the NBA, however a tragic accident would change and shape his fate during an outing to Tahiti in 2002.

"I was probably very tired that day - very tired," Celine Dion joked of almost passing on the tune, which won Best Original Song at the 1998 Oscars

Arc Publications, contemporary poetry publishers

The National Park Service has warned against sacrificing slower friends in a bear attack ‘even if the friendship has run its course’

CIA HEART ATTACK GUN Mary Embree, who began her career in the CIA as a secretary in the Audio-Surveillance Divison before being promoted to the Technical Services department, says she was asked to research a poison that would induce a heart attack in its…

Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film directing debut and starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman with supporting roles provided by E. G. Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, and Judd…

American politician, 38th President of the United States (in office from 1974 to 1977)

Thailand’s indigenous sea gypsies predicted the waves that swept their villages away in 2004, and most of them escaped unharmed. Now they are facing a new threat to their centuries-old way of life: tourism and the encroaching modern world, writes Susan Smillie

The Bataan Death March (Filipino: Martsa ng Kamatayan sa Bataan; Japanese: バターン死の行進, Hepburn: Batān Shi no Kōshin) was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Saysain Point, Bagac, Bataan…

US military officer and diplomat

trading of a public company's stock or other securities by individuals with access to nonpublic information about the company

This mixture of canned soup, frozen green beans and fried onions has graced holiday buffets since the 1950s. But who came up with this trinity, and why has it become so famous?