This is the moment a sorry-looking husky is rescued from the frozen Baltic Sea adrift far from land on an ice floe. Witnesses could barely believe their eyes when they…
Archaeologists have uncovered more than 2,000 ancient mummified ram heads slaughtered in tribute to legendary Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II. The heads were unearthed in Abydos near the temple of the…
This is the moment a baby orangutan explores its enclosure in warm spring weather - but always keeps a tight grip on mum. The nine-month-old girl was being shown round…
A man accused of being an ISIS hitman who executed opponents of the regime has been seized by police in Germany. The suspect - named only as Syrian national Asmael…
New research has shown that rising temperatures have made rock glaciers in the Alps unstable. The study, which was led by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OAeW), showed a significant…
Wildlife conservation authorities in the USA are looking for a professional bear hugger. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) offered interested candidates "the experience of a lifetime"…
A dentist in Austria has been fined after she refused to treat a woman because she was HIV-positive. The dentist, whose identity was not disclosed, will have to pay EUR…
Big cats at a Swiss zoo will have access to a hunting ground to help them feel more at home after the construction of their brand-new enclosure concludes two years…
US authorities have repatriated a 2,700-year-old artefact stolen from a museum in Iraq 20 years ago. The Iron Age artefact, named 'Furniture Fitting with Sphinx Trampling a Youth', was reportedly…
New research into ancient tools has revealed that cutting stones once believed to be made by early humans could actually have been the work of monkeys. Scientists from the Max…