Bear-proof emergency shelters have become a hit in Japan as the number of attacks reaches a record high with over a dozen people killed. The shelters, known as Kumacon units…
Residents of a rural farming village have begun wearing spiked metal collars to protect their necks after a series of fatal leopard attacks. Villagers in Pimparkhed, in the Pune District…
Meet the 108-year-old woman who says that the secret to her long life is never having married and never having had children. Emilia Pires Rocha celebrated her 108th birthday in…
This is the moment brave nurses hug two babies tight during an earthquake and shield them with their own bodies in case of falling debris. The images, filmed in Yinchuan,…
A missing Spanish tourist has been rescued after surviving for three days in the Amazonian jungle by eating oats and drinking rainwater. Esther Jimenez Romeu, 26, had gone deep into…
Hermit in Russia's frozen Siberia gets a helping hand from kindhearted charity workers after losing all his fingers to frostbite. Reclusive Leonid, 60, turned his back on the modern world…
A woman aged 112 who has been married seven times and has 30 great-grandkids has told how she's ready to marry for the eighth time. Siti Hawa from Tumpat, Malaysia…
Undertakers have revealed that the number of Germans asking for their deceased loved ones' ashes to be sent to Switzerland has dramatically increased in the past 10 years. Swiss funeral…
A Turkish gaming company has honoured a Mexican dog killed by falling rubble while sniffing for earthquake survivors by including it in one of its video games. German Shepherd Proteo…
A heroic rescue dog has died while looking for survivors following the earthquake in Turkey. The brave dog, called Proteo, from Mexico, died while searching the rubble for survivors after…