A German city council has given the green light to kill pigeons by breaking their necks. The City Council in Limburg, the German state of Hesse, has voted in favour…
An 80-year-old woman has been living with a three-centimetre-long needle in her brain that was intended to kill her at birth, amazed medics have discovered. The woman, who has not…
A bloke claims to have found the world's deadliest spider, which can jump 16 inches and whose venom can kill, inside his home in Brazil. The unnamed resident of the…
A man who tried to burn a centipede to death using petrol ended up destroying the family home and putting himself in hospital. His son told media in Brazil that…
Two teenage skiers died when they sped off piste and crashed over rocks at a ski resort where the only snow was artificial, leaving the ground outside exposed. With warm…
Brave Alachua County sheriff's deputy avoids getting bitten by a snake and a hawk after separating the two that were fighting on the pavement. The sheriff's deputy had spotted the…
Eight wild boars which dropped dead around a legendary death stone believed to kill anyone who approaches it have puzzled social media users in Japan. The three adult boars and…
Professional snake wrangler removes large rattlesnakes from people's homes with a single swipe of his tongs. Bruce Ireland, 58, who lives in Carlsbad, in the US state of California, told…
A nurse accused of murdering five newborn babies and trying to kill eight more looked up lethal doses of potassium and insulin on the internet, said prosecutors in Argentina. Police…
An Iranian man who refused to wash for more than half a century because he was worried it would make him sick has died after taking a shower. Amou Haji…