Read more about the article Tannenbaum Trees Go Down A Treat For Swiss Zoo Animals
Image shows a lama nibbling on a Christmas tree, undated photo. Animals at the Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland, received about 120 unsold Christmas trees in January 2023. (Zoo Zurich, Martina Kaelin/Newsflash)

Tannenbaum Trees Go Down A Treat For Swiss Zoo Animals

Animals at a Swiss zoo got an Alpine treat when dozens of unsold Christmas trees were delivered for them to munch on and play with. A spokesman at Zurich Zoo…

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Read more about the article Selfie-Hunting Hiker Faces Massive Bill For Mountain Rescue
Rescue teams work to help a 20-year-old Uzbek student trapped on the peak by a snow storm, in Bad Reichenhall, Germany, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. The man had found the peak during internet research for the most beautiful vantage point for photos, and went up before 20 centimetres of snow fell. (BRK/Newsflash)

Selfie-Hunting Hiker Faces Massive Bill For Mountain Rescue

A student stranded 5,000ft up an Alpine mountain peak as he searched for the perfect spot for a photo is facing a rescue bill of thousands of pounds. The 20-year-old…

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Read more about the article 5,300-Year-Old Ice Mummy Died In Spring And Not Autumn As Previously Believed
Image shows the investigation of Otzi in South Tyrol, Austria, undated photo. The South Tyrolean Museum of Archeology is the exhibition venue of the "Man from the Tisenjoch". (South Tyrol Museum of Archeology, EURAC, Samadelli, Staschitz/Newsflash)

5,300-Year-Old Ice Mummy Died In Spring And Not Autumn As Previously Believed

New research has suggested that Otzi the 5,300-year-old prehistoric iceman did not die in autumn before being preserved under winter snow, and instead had died in early spring on a…

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Read more about the article Please Annex Our Village Frustrated Italians Beg Switzerland
Image shows the Italian village of Monteviasco, undated photo. Residents asked their village to be annexed to Switzerland after cable car that connects them to the rest of the world has remained broken since 2018. (Newsflash)

Please Annex Our Village Frustrated Italians Beg Switzerland

Stranded villagers in an Italian Alpine hamlet have asked Switzerland to annex them after four years of bungling by local politicians. The village's gondola lift has been out of action…

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Read more about the article Tightrope Walkers Face EUR 6,000 Fines For Stunt On Alpine Peaks
Picture shows Czech citizens walking on a tightrope, between the Stabeler and Winkler tower of the Dolomites at about 2800 meters elevation, in Italy. (Guardia di Finanza Trento/Newsflash)

Tightrope Walkers Face EUR 6,000 Fines For Stunt On Alpine Peaks

A group of tightrope walkers are facing fines of up to EUR 6,000 for crossing at a height of 9,000 feet on a line strung between two Alpine peaks. Astonishing…

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Read more about the article Melting Swiss Glacier Reveals Human Skulls And 50-Year-Old Plane Crash
Image shows the plain wreckage in the Swiss Alps in an undated photo. Switzerland's melting glaciers revealed the remains of a plane that crashed on Sunday, June 30, 1968. (Konkordiahuette/Newsflash)

Melting Swiss Glacier Reveals Human Skulls And 50-Year-Old Plane Crash

Global warming has revealed gruesome human skulls and parts of a crashed plane entombed beneath an Alpine glacier for more than 50 years. The Piper PA-28 Cherokee had not been…

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Read more about the article Cute Bear Siblings Kept Separate At Zoo Meet For 1st Time In Sanctuary
Photo shows the first contact between rescued bears Sam and Jamila in the Arosa Bear Sanctuary in Switzerland on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. The two rescued siblings met for the first time ever after previously being kept separately in a zoo in North Macedonia. (Stiftung Arosa Baren, VIER PFOTEN/Newsflash)

Cute Bear Siblings Kept Separate At Zoo Meet For 1st Time In Sanctuary

Two cute bear siblings that were kept separate at a zoo in Skopje have met for the first time after being brought together at a sanctuary. Adorable footage shows the…

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Read more about the article Austrian Scientists Find Worlds First Proof Of Fossilised Squid Cartilage Using Home Office To Work In
Loligo vulgaris (pictured), one of the 10,000 unique fossils from the Alpine Triassic period that were examined from a team of researchers from the Natural History Museum Vienna and the University of Vienna. (NHM Vienna, Alexander Lukeneder/Newsflash)

Austrian Scientists Find Worlds First Proof Of Fossilised Squid Cartilage Using Home Office To Work In

A team of experts and science enthusiasts led by a married couple of palaeontologists who managed to keep working by turning their home into a science lab have discovered the…

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Read more about the article Moth Species Found To Have Survived Trapped On Alpine Mountainside Since Last Ice Age
The newly discovered alpine rose leaf miner which was found in the Alps. (Juerg Schmid/Newsflash)

Moth Species Found To Have Survived Trapped On Alpine Mountainside Since Last Ice Age

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This beautiful speckled white moth is of a previously unknown population that has survived isolated hundreds of miles from any similar moths since the last ice age, 12,000 years ago,…

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