Bondi Beach closed and drivers warned to stay off roads.
Group threw blanket over animal and tossed it into car trunk.
Two environmentalists killed each week in 2014, with Honduras the most dangerous place to campaign
Chemical analysis of 19th-century champagne provides insight of winemaking practices.
Female vampire squids have reproductive cycles unlike all other soft-bodied cephalopods.
Waste that could have been recovered and recycled was worth $52bn, including 300 tonnes of gold.
Fragments of limestone enclosure wall of 5,000-year-old city discovered in Kom Tuman.
Seismologists are investigating whether fracking causing quakes in Irving, Texas.
Theft, imprisonment, and road trips: Einstein's brain had a strange afterlife
US scientists develop nanoparticle coated mesh that could help clear oil spills.
Online petition aims to stop 420-acre 'Grand Canyon Escalade' tourist centre being built.
High velocity debris identified by the EUSO telescope will be targeted by the laser.
The largest search for alien life looked at heat signatures of advanced civilisations.
Top 10 Albert Einstein quotes about life, love and God.
Theoretical physicist Einstein died on 18 April 1955, aged 76, in Princeton, New Jersey.
ULA to send flight-ready rocket components from Ultem plastic into space on unmanned flights.
Amerindian villagers found to have highest levels of bacterial diversity ever reported in a human group.
Analysis of bones from Gough's Cave shows intensive processing and consumption of human flesh.
It completes Emperor Qin's Great Wall
Humane Society International warns hundreds of baby seals being killed in Canada's ice floes
Virgin births study looks at how some species survive without having sex.
The Lyrid meteor shower, from Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, will peak around 22 and 23 April 2015
NOAA and US Navy confirm location of USS Independence after 64 years.
Nasa debuts Modular Robotic Vehicle prototype to test future space rovers and autonomous driving
Rare species of monkey in Republic of Congo has not been seen for over 50 years.
The chemical had been used in other aquariums with no ill effects.
Company says it has contracts for the lower West Coast.
Moon's age dated to 4.47 billion years with stony meteorites from giant impact event.
Brain chemical oxytocin released when dogs and owners gaze at one another.
Scientists reveal unique strategies octopuses employ to coordinate their movements.