A third elephant has lost its life to the herpes virus within a month at Zoo Zurich. Five-year-old elephant cow Ruwani is the latest animal to die in the zoo’s…
A nine-year-old boy suffocated to death when he was buried under tonnes of grain as he played on a farm. The horrific accident happened as the lad was playing with…
A higher-pitched voice does not make female faces appear more attractive, but it does make them seem 1.5 years younger. This is according to a study by the University of…
The body of a missing German teenager has been found near a sewage treatment plant following the arrest of a Syrian man over her murder. Tabitha E., 17, took the…
An astonishingly well-preserved 3,000-year-old statue of a magical water goddess has been unearthed by amazed archaeologists in Germany. The clay figurine was found in a stream where a prehistoric riverside…
Police officers searching a home for drugs discovered more than a thousand ancient treasures dating back to the 12th and 18th centuries, with some even dating back to the Roman…
The incredible diversity in the deepest levels of the oceans is being threatened with extinction by micro-plastics, a new study has revealed. The shock findings emerged after scientists studied the…
These images show how desperately rare short-tail nurse sharks have been born in captivity at an aquarium in Spain for the first time. Short-tail nurse sharks are listed as critically…
A German court has ended its 77-year manhunt for a wanted Nazi war criminal who had been on the run since 1945. Alois Brunner - an Austrian member of the…
Heartless German pet owners listed their adorable kitten on eBay because they wanted to go on a last-minute holiday. The black and grey kitten - named Smokey - was offered…