Image shows an emperor penguin colony near the Neumayer station of the Alfred Wegener Institute in an undated photo. A 2022 study showed that young emperor penguins swim far north beyond the 50th parallel south in their first year of life in Antarctica. (Alfred Wegener Institut, Aymeric Houstin/Newsflash)

Astonished Researchers Find Penguins Free Of Microplastics

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:October 5, 2022

Overjoyed researchers have revealed how a new study of the diet of emperor penguins shows they have no trace of microplastic in their bodies. Doctoral candidate from the Department of…

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Image shows an adult male skeleton in undated photo. (Jochen Reinhard (ADA)/Newsflash)

4,500-Year-Old Stone Age Man Found Buried Under School

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:September 28, 2022

Astonished archaeologists have unearthed a Stone Age tomb under a school with the perfectly preserved skeleton of a middle-aged man. The ancient grave was first found by a mechanical digger…

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Image shows the giant Chinese mitten crab in undated footage. (Polizeiinspektion Nienburg, Schaumburg/Newsflash)

Giant Chinese Mitten Crab Crushed By Car As It Crosses Street

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:September 23, 2022

A giant Chinese mitten crab crossing the street was crushed by a startled driver who ran it over before he could stop. The crab - which measured 30 centimetres (12…

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Image shows the extinct ant in the Hereon measuring station at DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III in an undated photo. A German research team from the University of Jena discovered a previously unknown extinct ant in 20 million-years-old amber. (Hammel, Laustroer/Newsflash)

Boffins Discover New 20-Million-Year-Old Ant Species Encased In Amber

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:September 9, 2022

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…

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More than one hundred metal foreign bodies were removed from the stomach of a 25-year-old female patient in Van, Turkey. (Newsflash)

Astonished Surgeons Find 158 Metal Objects In Woman’s Stomach

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:August 1, 2022

This is the baffling haul of metal objects surgeons removed from a woman's stomach after she went to hospital complaining of abdominal pain. The 25-year-old - not named in local…

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Andres Mendoza , serial killer arrested in Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico, in 2021. (@FiscaliaEdomex/Newsflash)

Grim Find Of 300 More Bones In Basement Of Cannibal Serial Killer

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:July 18, 2022

Police have made a gruesome discovery of 300 more bones in the basement of a cannibal serial killer in Mexico. Andres Filomeno Mendoza, 73 - dubbed the ‘Cannibal of Atizapan’…

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The second-hand kitchen where Thomas Heller, aged 50, from the German town of Kothen found EUR 150,000 (GBP 126,952). (Newsflash)

Punter Finds EURO 150K In Second Hand Kitchen From Ebay

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:May 12, 2022

An astonished DIY fan discovered a secret hoard of EUR 150,000 in cash when he reassembled a kitchen he had bought on eBay. The lucky buyer identified as Thomas Heller,…

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Two Renaissance panels stolen in 1979 in the church of Barcial del Barco in Zamora recovered by the Civil Guard in April 2022. (Newsflash)

Miraculous Return Of Churchs Stolen Saints

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:April 27, 2022

Astonished church leaders are celebrating the miraculous return of 16th-century panels of saints stolen from an altar more than 40 years ago. The Renaissance artworks disappeared from the Church of…

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The 32-legged octopus that was pulled out of the city of Sacheon located in the South Gyeongsang Province in South Korea on 15th June 2021.

Astonished Fishermen Pull Octopus With 32 Tentacles From Ocean

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:July 7, 2021

Astonished Korean fishermen have pulled a 32-legged octopus from the ocean. The men caught the many-limbed specimen while fishing off the coast of Goseong County in southern South Korea's South…

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Crow In Tree Heard Meowing Like A Cat To Drive A Feline Away From Its Nest

• Post author:Feza Uzay
• Post published:June 20, 2021

An astonished woman discovered that a cat in a tree was actually a crow pretending to be a cat in order to keep another feline away from its nest. Dentist…

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