Aboriginals sue U.K. museum over bones
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A Tasmanian aboriginal group is suing Britain's Museum of Natural History to keep it from conducting tests on bones, teeth and skulls taken from the island, saying Monday that the experiments would desecrate the corpses.
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The indigenous peoples of the Arctic are told their culture will be threatened by climate warming.
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In the first case of its kind in the UK, a woman is suing a hospital for allegedly infecting her with the MRSA virus.
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Six aboriginal men will appear in court  on Tuesday charged with sexual assault, including rape, of  underage aboriginal girls -- the first charged since Australia  announced a crack down on indigenous child sexual abuse.
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Archeologists are at odds over the discovery of the skeleton of a dwarf-sized human species on the remote island of Flores, which is said could rewrite the history of human evolution.
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SYDNEY - The discovery of a skeleton of a female barely one metre tall who hunted pygmy elephants and giant rats 18000 years ago could force a reassessment of the origins of humanity, scientists in Australia said yesterday.
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An animal-rights group has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Agriculture of improperly withholding information gathered during its investigation into the near-fatal tiger attack on illusionist Roy Horn.
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Campaigners for animal rights condemn the desecration of a grave in which a woman's remains were stolen.
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Lucy, the world's most famous human ancestor, will go on public display for the first time in the United States this week amid criticism that her 3.2 million year old bones are too fragile to withstand an 11-city tour.
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Ethiopia has called on Queen  Elizabeth to return the bones of an orphan prince buried at  Windsor Castle after he was spirited from his homeland by  British soldiers nearly 140 years ago.
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Dozens of Aborigines are preparing compensation claims after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised this week for past injustices, an indigenous spokeswoman said Friday.
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The video accuses Australia of opposing Japanâs whaling practices because of its âprejudice and racism.â
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A fabled fossil goes on view for the first time in decades  -  and ignites a controversy
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Scientists hoping to study the ancient skeleton known as Kennewick Man are protesting a bill by Colorado Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell that they say could block their efforts.
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A Georgia county is suing to recover $2  million in cleanup costs and other expenses from the owners of  a crematory where 334 corpses were found dumped in the woods,  buried in pits and stacked in storage sheds.
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FASCINATION with the lifestyle of Australiaâs indigenous people may have contributed to the mystery death of a British tourist whose body was found in the shadow of Uluru, the sacred Aboriginal site formerly known as Ayers Rock.
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Doctors appeal to relatives not to sell their stories.