Traffickers who were caught smuggling banned ivory carvings in their underwear have been seized by customs police in Austria. The Polish nationals, aged 53 and 55, were transiting through Vienna…
A woman and her eight-year-old son have stumbled upon a grey stone dating back millions of years that glows under UV light while taking a stroll on a beach. Sarah…
Climate scientists say West Antarctica was ice-free for millions of years longer than previously thought and the big freeze probably only happened 7 million years later. An international team of…
Woman films a massive spiderweb that she spotted stretching across the path at night. The woman, identified only by her surname, Ma, said she had discovered the large spider web…
A scuba diver has told how he found a GBP 55,000 Patek Philippe watch a year after it was lost at the bottom of the sea. The devastated owner had…
Art experts restoring a cathedral's stained glass windows in Austria were astonished when a local identified five of his ancestors in the artwork. Art historians have been conducting a painstaking…
A man who bought a painting at a local flea market for a few hundred pounds was stunned to learn it was the work of a famous artist and worth…
Emergency services tell a 90-year-old woman that the "hammer" she has been using to bang in nails for 20 years is actually a live grenade. The woman, named as Grandma…
A "unique" mummified wolf that died 44,000 years ago has been unearthed with its fur and teeth perfectly preserved from a Russian ice field. The ancient predator was discovered 120ft…
A tiny piglet born with a face so deformed it has been described as an alien has baffled farmers and locals who have flocked to see the bizarre-looking newborn. The…