Story by Ajda Ender George Floyd I Can't Breathe While the American Police killed George Floyd by committing racist hate crimes, George Floyd told the policeman who killed him that he could not breathe. George Floyd's words I can't breathe became the symbol of the social and psychological war of…
Horrified customs officials have seized two roasted whole antelopes from an air passenger's luggage who claimed she needed them for a "snack". The passenger - from Ghana, West Africa - had landed in Munich, Germany, according to reports from 11th October. But as her bags were X-rayed, shocked officials made…
Tiny antelope newborn comes face to face with its amazed fans in its first public appearance. The dik-dik calf - looking just like Disney's Bambi - wobbles uncertainly on its hooves as it walks around the enclosure with its mother. Other animals at Bioparc Valencia in Spain turn their heads…
German authorities have returned a total of 179 art pieces to Nigeria after they were stolen during British colonial invasions in the former Kingdom of Benin. The decision to deliver the so-called Benin bronzes back to the African federal republic was made by the Senate of the city of Hamburg,…
Europe’s only klipspringer antelope delicately hops and skips its way to its 26th birthday party, colourful cake and friends included. Known as ‘the goat of the rocks’ in Swahili, rock-climbing klipspringers are a type of antelope native to mountains found in eastern and southern Africa. https://youtu.be/6Avs7hRqhK4 BIOPARC Valencia/Newsflash The 26-year-old…
Astonished scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of ant after scanning a 20-million-year-old block of amber. Researchers in Germany, France and Poland made the remarkable find after using micro-computed tomography to scan a block of amber from Africa dating to the early Miocene. The remarkably preserved specimen they found…
An endangered giant tortoise that was found in a city park after apparently getting lost is receiving some well-needed TLC from rescuers at a wildlife centre in Texas. African spurred tortoises(Centrochelys sulcata) — the third-largest species of tortoise in the world — can typically be found on the southern edge…
Customs officers found nearly 1,000 endangered seahorses being smuggled through an airport to be used as 'natural viagra' by bogus healers. The dried seahorses had been stashed in a freight package going through Germany's Dresden and Leipzig Airport when they were found by a sniffer dog. The 5-kilogramme (11-lb) package…
Customs officers uncovered nearly seven kilos of horn from critically endangered black rhino being trafficked through a German airport. The sickening haul - worth more than GBP 340,000 on the black market - was being sent to Vietnam. Officials at Leipzig Airport found 16 pieces of rhino horn weighing 6.7…
The Black Death was only possible because human civilisation had become advanced enough to allow rats to survive and flourish, according to the first study of the ancient genes of the black rat. Rattus rattus, otherwise known as the black, house, ship, or roof rat is one of the most…