Odd

In a major new climate finding, researchers have calculated that dinosaur flatulence could have put enough methane into the atmosphere to warm the planet during the hot, wet Mesozoic era.

A football that bobbed onto the shore of a remote Alaska island is likely the first salvageable debris from last year's Japanese tsunami that could be returned to its owner, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A Vietnamese traffic cop went on a wild ride in Hanoi, clinging to the windshield wipers of a moving bus for nearly 1km after the rogue driver tried to avoid a ticket, police said yeterday.

Scotland has called in taste testers to sample the fish found near the site of Total's North Sea gas leak, an unusual gastronomic exercise intended to provide reassurance to Scottish seafood lovers.

An elephant called Baby did not want a bath.

A veterinarian says acting like a flying squirrel may have saved a cat from serious injury in a 19-storey plunge from a Boston high rise.

A Thai taxi driver has returned gold worth $US450,000 ($NZ546,000) to a customer who left the jewellery behind three days earlier.

Police in Ogden, Utah, say an 8-year-old boy took his 5-year-old sister on a drive in the middle of the night and crashed the family minivan.

What's advertised as the smallest town in the United States goes up for auction next month.

A Sri Lankan man has died while trying to set a record for the longest time spent buried alive, police say.