A British couple that went to the holiday island of Mauritius to get engaged came back with more than just dreams of wedded bliss after adopting two stray dogs they found on the beach. This video shows the moment groom Ben Jenkins, 27, met one of the dogs filmed by…
A 75-year-old Irish woman died when she plunged 33 feet to her death in a hiking accident in Majorca. The woman had been walking with a group in Escorca, in the north-western part of the island, when she apparently slipped and fell off the cliff edge. Local media said she…
An Austrian company is aiming to build the world's longest gondola in a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Caribbean island of Dominica. Austrian ropeways and people mover manufacturer Doppelmayr Group will build a 6.6-kilometre-long (4.1 mi) gondola at Boiling Lake located in Morne Trois Pitons National Park in Dominica…
Iguanas extinct from a Galapagos island for generations have been reborn nearly two centuries after they were first recorded by Charles Darwin. The Galapagos land iguana had been completely wiped out on Santiago Island. https://youtu.be/ohlUgufWlTM Parque Nacional Galapagos/Newsflash Listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN)…
Flamingoes have returned to a Galapagos island 20 years after an invasion of rats forced them out. The return is the fruit of 12 years of painstaking efforts to eradicate rats and other invasive species from the Pacific archipelago. Experts have now recorded two nests of flamingoes on the shore…
Giant tortoises reintroduced to a Galapagos island by scientists have started a cactus boom thanks to their seed-spreading poo, a new study has revealed. The 742 Hood Island giant tortoises were moved to Santa Fe island over a six-year period, says the ecological study. Now - after a week-long study…
Holidaymakers trying to steal hundreds of pebbles and seashells, as well as sand from the Italian island Sardinia, are set for hefty fines. Local police have revealed that they discovered nearly 220 pebbles and around 160 sea shells weighing 8.6 kilograms (13.5 st) as they scanned the luggage of two…
A plan to build a luxury tourist resort on the first Galapagos Island seen by Charles Darwin has infuriated conservationists and residents. Officials in San Cristobal Island have given a green light to the project for the 35 room resort with a spa, pool, gym and convention centre. The site…
A shocked shopper has shamed a supermarket after finding a dead rat inside a pack of vegetables. Customer Raymond Lim said he bought the veg at the Giant supermarket in the International Merchandising Mart Mall (IMM), the largest outlet mall in the island city-state of Singapore. The Asian supermarket chain…
Giant statues crafted more than 3,000 years ago could have been guardians of an ancient graveyard, say experts. The mysterious Bronze Age giants were found at a necropolis near Mont'e Prama in Cabras, a small town on the west of the island of Sardinia. Dated to between the 11th and…