These images show a professional diver getting up close and personal with three dazzling lionfish in a series of videos filmed in the Maldives. The lionfish are seen swaying through…
Police have seized 126 kittens and puppies from expensive breeds worth thousands of dollars being trafficked by speedboat into Hong Kong from mainland China in a smuggling operation. Officers found…
An animal lover has told how he saved dozens of dogs from being slaughtered for food in Vietnam by buying them for USD 1,000. Do Minh Khoi, 46, rescued 31…
Surgeons have removed 74 magnetic beads from a 10-year-old boy's bladder after his parents brought him to hospital with agonising stomach pains. The boy - from Changsha, Hunan province, southern…
Biometric authentication could soon be revolutionised as scientists in Japan have developed a security tool which identifies people by their breath. Being able to fully rely on identity check systems…
An international team of researchers has authored a study claiming that they may have discovered what is possibly the oldest human fossils in existence in China. Researchers from the National…
A zoo visitor has lost his right arm when a giant crocodile bit it off as he washed his hands in a murky pond. The victim, named as Ilham, 49,…
Prehistoric dinosaur birds preferred to snack on insects instead of fish, a new study has revealed. It had been believed that the 120 million-year-old Longipterygidae family's long beaks with sharp…
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have created what they say is the fastest carbon dioxide catcher ever, possibly heralding a new era in the fight against carbon emissions linked to…
An emperor's carpet that once lay in China’s Imperial Palace during the Ming dynasty has been sold for USD 324,500. The carpet - showing a large dragon around a flaming…