Five companies that jointly owned the nation's main whaling firm plan to donate their shares to public groups, but the Japanese government says it will continue its annual whale hunt.
Scientists say the U.S. is prepared for a slow-growing flu virus in the event of an oubreak, but perhaps not one that spreads more quickly. Also: news on a preliminary bird-blu vaccine.
In eastern Antarctica seabirds such as Adélie penguins are giving birth later, because shrinking sea ice is diminishing their food supply, scientists say.
