A team of American, German and Spanish scientists have discovered new species of a crustacean and two worms in an underwater cave in the Canary Islands.

The primitive crustacean named Speleonectes (cave swimmer) atlantida was found in the Tunnel de la Atlantida, the world's longest submarine lava tube on Lanzarote, according to the scientists from Texas A&M University and Pennsylvania State University in the U.S., the University of La Laguna in Spain, and the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover and University of Hamburg in Germany.

Reproductive experts have found in a study that intense cycling training produces more abnormal sperm among avid triathletes giving them higher risk of suffering from infertility.

The more cycling training triathletes undertake in terms of time and distance, the worse their sperm quality became, according to the study team led by Professor Diana Vaamonde, from the University of Cordoba Medical School in Cordoba, Spain.

About 70,000 glass beads from all around the world have been found on an island off Georgia. It's the largest 17th century bead repository ever found at what is believed to be one of the Spanish empire's most remote and wealth outposts.

The beads, made of French and Chinese blue glass, Dutch layered glass and Baltic amber, were discovered as part of a continuing research project at the former Mission Santa Catalina de Gaule on what is now known as St. Catherine's Island off the coast of Georgia. The site, founded in the 16th century, was the capital and administrative center for the province of Guale in Spanish Florida for almost a century, according to a statement from the American Museum of Natural History.

Tom Cruise's coffee cup is up for auction.

A Brazilian website is selling the container reportedly used by the "Valkyrie" actor while on holiday in Forte da Urca, Brazil.

Pope Benedict XVI continues to attempt to reach the younger Catholics through the launch of the Vatican channel on YouTube. Expected to be viewed are video and audio footage of the pontiff's speeches and news about the Catholic world.

The seat of the Catholic Church has been increasing its use of information technology to spread its message to young people since traditional ways like the pulpit and the Sacraments have been less attractive to Catholic youths.