A French literature professor has come under criminal investigation after allegedly inventing an international gold medal of philology described as equivalent to a Nobel Prize and awarding it to himself.…
Officials who were widely criticised after unveiling what was described as the most badly built Buddha statue in the world have appealed for donations in order to put things right.…
Microplastics have been found in algae in ice in the Arctic that experts have described as being "heavily contaminated" and a threat to human food chains. This is according to…
A bad-tempered squirrel drove rescuers nuts when it tried to bite them as they freed it from a manhole cover on a city street. The red squirrel - described as…
Locals enjoying a walk in the countryside for Easter were shocked when they came across this statue, which has been described as a satanic effigy of Baphomet with an upside-down…
A five-year-old boy has survived a mountain lion attack in what has been described as a "fight for his life". The boy, who has been named only as Jack, was…
This strikingly beautiful burrowing snake that was previously unknown to science has been discovered in Paraguay and is making waves because of its colouration as well as its rarity. Described…
Fans of the novel 'Perfume' by German author Patrick Sueskind will be able to experience some of the pongs and stenches of the 18th-century world he described, after scientists revealed…
The wreckage of this British World War II bomber that crashed, killing all eight people on board, has washed up on a Dutch beach in what has been described as…
This is the incredible moment a baby girl is born still inside an intact amniotic sac, which she then breaks with her tiny hand. Mum Rosangela Maria Sousa Soares described…