Creeping quakes rumble New Zealand: researchers Researchers have discovered New Zealand's earthquake-prone landscape is even more unstable than previously thought, recording deep tremors lasting up to 30 minutes on its biggest fault line.
Chile's vanishing Patagonian lake Lake Cachet II in Chile's southern Patagonia vanished, leaving behind just some large puddles and chunks of ice in the vast lake bed.
Mountain lion shot dead in Californian town A mountain lion was shot dead when it tried to bolt from police and animal-control officers, called in after the animal strayed into an ocean-front Californian town.
