AFP - Militant environmentalists harassing Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic will be allowed to refuel their ship in Australia despite a plea from Tokyo, according to the government.

AP - The Australian government said Thursday that radical conservationists who have been persuing Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters can refuel their ship in Australia, despite Japan's objections that they are tantamount to terrorists.

Reuters - A panda with a record of aggressive behaviour attacked a man who jumped into its enclosure at a Beijing zoo to pick up a toy, local media said on Thursday.

AP - Hard to believe a giant, pink lizard could be overlooked for almost two centuries.

AP - Wildlife experts are trying to figure out why sick, disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are being found in record numbers along more than 1,000 miles of coastline.

AFP - Anti-whaling campaigners have denied charges that they had harassed Japanese whalers searching for a missing crewman in Antarctic waters and said they were simply trying to help.

AFP - Japan said Tuesday it would ask Australia and other nations to refuse port calls for refuelling by anti-whaling activists who have been dogging its whaling fleet in the Antarctic.

AP - Japan said Tuesday it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, heightening a cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japan's whaling fleet and the conservationists.

AFP - A crew member on Japan's controversial whaling mission is believed to have fallen overboard in icy Antarctic Ocean waters, the fleet's operator said Tuesday.

AP - Japan said Tuesday it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, heightening a cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japan's whaling fleet and the conservationists.