Shocked customs officials find five bear paws hidden in the luggage of a man flying into the country. The smuggler was stopped by Qingdao Jiaodong Airport Customs staff who found…
Police officers in Germany are being investigated on the suspicion they were bribed to write a favourable review of a police training programme - by accepting sausages. Seventeen police officers…
The world's oldest zoo will take part in the building of several hundred water ponds across Austria to help conserve green toads under threat because of habitat loss. The project…
A stash of rare chameleons trafficked into Austria has inspired a new enclosure for all smuggled reptiles in the country's Schoenbrunn Zoo. Keepers say they are rebuilding an enclosure to…
A giant panda living at a Russian zoo gave birth to her first-ever cub and the first-ever baby panda to be born in the country, it has emerged. Phone footage…
The returned looted Benin bronzes look set to end up as ornaments in private palaces of the country's wealthy ruler after Nigerian officials' decision to hand them over to the…
The girlfriend of a man who was disembowelled by a bear while jogging in the mountains has demanded that it be shot dead. Andrea Papi, 26, was found mauled to…
A Syrian refugee who fled to Germany from his war-torn homeland has become the new mayor of a village just eight years after he arrived in the country. Ryyan Alshebl,…
Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered this stunning mosaic floor that may be up to 1,500 years old. The floor, which is adorned with colourful floral designs, was first uncovered in…
Customs in the Philippines have seized 18 containers of smuggled onions, which have become a rare delicacy in the country, concealed in a shipment of pizza dough. The eye-watering bust…