Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.

A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about US$85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso.

A recent study by four academics, including professors from Harvard Business School and Duke University, suggests that online dating sites regularly leave users disappointed because they present potential matches as a rundown of characteristics — age, race, religion, income — that in no way embody the full measure of a person.

National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, southern Taiwan yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the New York-based Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. to share science and technology information and engage in personnel exchanges.

The endangered black-faced spoonbills have migrated in record numbers to southern Taiwan to spend the winter this year.

Taiwan released a documentary featuring the Oriental Honey Buzzard — one of a number of protected raptors in Taiwan — at an international conference on honey buzzards that was opened Friday.

An Indonesia-based study shows carbon-rich tropical peat lands trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market and strengthening a case for their protection.

Marine biologists think they've figured out why a growing number of dead harbor porpoises have been found on California beaches in recent years: dolphin attacks.

Soaking vegetables in water for an extended time might do more harm than good.

Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday.