These shockingly stark images show thousands of dead fish floating on the surface of an Amazonian lake as far as the eye can see. The fish are believed to have died from oxygen starvation caused by a severe 'trout' in a lake in Parana do Jussara, Coari Municipality, northern Brazil.…
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Animal welfare officials in Colombia have begun giving pigeons vasectomies as a humane way to keep numbers down in the capital Bogota. The Institute for the Protection and Animal Welfare of Bogota (IDPYBA) announced that nine pigeons underwent the snip on 9th November. Mauricio Cano, of the…
Two new species of deadly venomous snake have been discovered in Colombia by a team of international scientists. They have been named as Bothrocophias myrringae and Bothrocophias tulitoi, two new types of toadheaded pitviper. The snakes' venom is said to be so powerful it can kill a man. Newsflash obtained…
An 11-year-old boy has died in intensive care 11 days after he was bitten by a snake in Brazil. Joao Victor Delfino Laurentino was playing with friends in Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo State, south-eastern Brazil on 6th October when he was bitten. Picture shows Joao Victor Delfino Laurentino, 11,…
A young mum of a five-year-old girl has died after sneaking to the top of a Brazilian waterfall that was closed off to the public for a selfie. Amanda Franco dos Santos, 26, died after she fell from the waterfall and was washed downstream in the Corupa Waterfall Route located…
A nurse accused of murdering five newborn babies and trying to kill eight more looked up lethal doses of potassium and insulin on the internet, said prosecutors in Argentina. Police found the deadly hunt in her computer search history after arresting suspect Brenda Aguero, who worked as a neo-natal nurse…
A seven-year-old boy died after he suffered seven heart attacks when he was stung by a one of the most toxic scorpions in South America. Luiz Miguel Furtado Barbosa from the municipality of Anhembi, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, was getting dressed to go camping with his family on 23rd October.…
Three siblings left home alone were killed in a horror house fire in Brazil apparently caused by a faulty fan in their bedroom. The blaze started in the family home in Parnaiba, Piaui state, at around 10pm on 17th October. Police named the victims as four-year-old Maria Eloa, seven-year-old Francisca…
A pet dog dumped in a suitcase and gagged with a cloth was rescued by horrified passers by when they saw the case moving. The black dog - identifeid as 10-year-old Zaira in local media - had been left by its owner in a wheelie case under a lamppost in…
A man drowned after he jumped into a reservoir to escape a swarm of thousands of highly-aggressive killer bees after trying to tie his canoe to a tree where they had built their hive. Donizete Bezerra da Silva, 58, was attacked instantly as he moored by a farm in the…