Phuket - A YouTube video treats viewers to the alluring sight of a baby elephant's delight at seeing the sea for the first time. Watching this video makes us appreciate that humans and animals share more in common than we usually think.

A male Thai Bangkaew who regularly wanders around his community found a white plastic bag at a roadside dump in Tha Rua district and took it home to his master, Gumnerd Thongmak. His niece heard it barking outside and found the dog with a plastic bag.

Tokyo - Japanese activists are planning an outdoor protest of an alleged eco-friendly company on June 9. With numerous outlets worldwide, MUJI Inc. touts environmentalism, but at stores in Japan, they refuse to stop selling shark fin soup.

Phetchaburi - An infrared camera appears to have recorded the first image of the albino elephant calf that's being sought since almost a month. Thai people regard a white elephant as sacred, bestowing prosperity and power. Capturing the animal will be rewarded.

A Thai beauty queen has been disqualified as a finalist in this year's local Miss Maxim competition after a video showing her giving a young boy what is believed to be the drug Ketamine surfaced.

A group of influential healthcare professionals from around Southeast Asia are teaming together to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the region.

Bangkok - Every guidebook on Thailand or Bangkok features all the major sites to see in the city, Buddhist temples, floating markets and open-air restaurants, but hardly ever do you find information on the unique shrine I'm presenting here.

While there's only one statue that is actually called Big Buddha, on Ko Samui in Thailand, there are many larger ones around the world: the now destroyed ones in Afghanistan, others in such diverse places as Japan, India, Myanmar and Russia.

The beloved member of the Mickey Mouse Club and film star passed away today peacefully in her sleep after a long battle with multiple sclerosis at the Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, California.

A trailer has been released for the Thai/Vietnamese martial arts movie called "Angels" which stars Dustin Nguyen. As the movie has been screened in Vietnam, it will be screened in Thailand later this year.

The killing of the world's endangered rhinoceros has increased at a rate of 50% in only 5 years. It takes only 48 hours for smuggling syndicates to get rhino horn from the time of the kill, out of South Africa and into Asian markets.

San Diego - With the increasing variety of conflicting island and seaway issues among South-western Pacific nations, it comes as no surprise the American Navy is deploying the first of at least four light combat vessels of the new Freedom Class to this region.

Bangkok - Rhino poachers have been busy in 2013. It is only early March and already there are reports of 146 animals illegally killed this year. In 2012, 668 Rhinos were illegally killed.

Bangkok - Representatives of 177 countries gathering in Bangkok for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, (CITES), received support, yesterday, from Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the British Crown.

Some 3,000 apes from the forests of Africa and South East Asia that are either killed or poached each year become increasingly linked to organized crimes and trans-boundary networks that have become more refined.

The Thai Red Cross Society has been criticised for refusing to accept blood donations from gay men, in a video posted to the social-media video-sharing site, YouTube.

The video shows US Marines learning jungle survival skills in the Thai Navy drinking cobra blood as part of the training syllabus. The ladies, having won the right to go into combat with the men, aren't exempted.

Taiji - The number of dolphins driven into the Cove in Taiji, Japan topped 1,209 animals yesterday. Taiji town is on track to surpass figures from the previous three seasons.

In the latest case involving Thailand’s strict lese-majeste legislation, a high-profile activist and former magazine editor was sentenced to 11 years in prison, after being convicted for defaming the royal family.

A teacher was shot and killed by Thai insurgents as he monitored more than 30 students in a school cafeteria on Wednesday.