City officials have felled more than 100 trees so that a colony of lizards can get enough sun, it has emerged. The lizards - common wall lizards, or Podarcis muralis…
Swiss residents who heat their homes to more than 19 degrees Celsius face up to three years in jail under strict new guidelines as Europe's energy crisis bites. The Swiss…
A three-year-old boy who vanished without a trace from his village in Russia has been found alive in a forest after two nights alone. Young Yegor went missing in Morozovitsa,…
Boffins in Austria and Norway have discovered how silicate nanoparticles can save historic buildings made of porous rock from deteriorating in adverse weather. Experts from Vienna University of Technology (TU…
A curious student researching historic buildings has discovered the world’s oldest functioning paternoster lift. Art history student Robin Augenstein, 32, studied construction plans of houses built in the port area…
A brave woman who refused to accept that she had to speak Italian when Austria lost South Tyrol to the fascists after the First World War has said she wants…
A heroic rescue dog who travelled to some of the world's worst disaster zones and saved an estimated 53 lives has been diagnosed with a tumour after going into retirement.…
This is the moment Spanish cops give an adorable dog that got lost during the volcanic eruption on La Palma a drink of water and a pet having saved its…
An Englishman has discovered numerous passageways hidden behind a bookshelf in his 500-year-old Sussex family home and he believes that they once even extended to nearby buildings and a church.…
This 600-year-old Turkish church is still looking for an owner after it was put up for sale for USD 1 million in 2015. The ruined 15th-century Church of Saint John…