A two-year-old elephant has died despite keepers' best efforts after it contracted a herpes virus at Zurich zoo in Switzerland. Umesh, a young male, died on the evening of Tuesday,…
Fishermen have left many of the first underwater museum's 117 sculptures - including a giant statue of Poseidon - badly damaged after flouting a ban on dropping anchors in the…
Officials in Switzerland are looking for volunteers to go behind bars to test procedures at a new prison - and hundreds of citizens have already applied, despite not getting a…
This blind cat with two huge eyes like twin moons has amazed owners by living life to the full, moving around the house and garden despite his disability. Pico, who…
A famous British zoo expert has declared Vienna Zoo the best in Europe for the sixth time. British zoo expert Anthony Sheridan has voted Schoenbrunn Zoo, the self-proclaimed world's oldest…
An animal cruelty case against an Olympic athlete who allegedly hit her horse during the Summer Olympics in Tokyo has been dropped. Pentathlete Annika Schleu, 31, and national trainer Kim…
Police in Berlin have been looking for this missing teenage girl for months using these two extremely different photographs. The first photograph, which police in the German capital Berlin have…
A five-year-old child has died in Brazil after being stung by a scorpion, despite being given an anti-scorpion serum. The incident took place in the town of Valparaiso, which is…
These adorable images show how the animals at the world's oldest zoo are enjoying the city's first serious snow as the Austrian capital Vienna is transformed into a winter wonderland.…
These images show an endangered mother whale that has been tangled up in rope for months that has given birth to a new calf seen here swimming alongside her in…