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Image shows the Search and Rescue (SAR) boat Otto Diersch bringing the damaged sailing vessel to the harbour, on Sunday evening, Apr. 21, 2024. Four British sailors got stranded at sea between the East Frisian islands of Norderney and Juist, in Germany. (Die Seenotretter - DGzRS/Newsflash)

Sailors Plucked From Sinking Boat In North Sea Rescue

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:April 30, 2024

Four British yachters who were stranded at sea when they ran aground on a sandbank were plucked to safety as waves threatened to engulf their tiny 10-metre boat. The four,…

Image shows the giant leatherback sea turtle found floating in the North Sea, near the town of Buesum, Germany, undated photo. The species is listed as 'vulnerable' on IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species. (Newsflash)

Dead 500-Kilo Tropic Sea Turtle Found On German North Sea Coast

Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
Post published:September 14, 2023

Marine biologists in Germany are baffled after fishermen hauled a dead 500-kilo tropical sea turtle from the mouth of a river in northern Germany. The giant leatherback sea turtle measuring…

Image shows an emperor penguin colony near the Neumayer station of the Alfred Wegener Institute in an undated photo. A 2022 study showed that young emperor penguins swim far north beyond the 50th parallel south in their first year of life in Antarctica. (Alfred Wegener Institut, Aymeric Houstin/Newsflash)

Emperor Penguins Live Up To 373 Miles Further North Than Previously Believed Say Boffins

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:September 7, 2022

Tracking of young emperor penguins in Antarctica has shown that they live about 373 miles further north than previously believed and stay far outside of their protected areas. The Alfred…

Lake shore (black organic layer) from 90,000 years ago superimposed by cold climatic sediments according to the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in the German city of Leipzig. (M. Weiss, M. Hein/Newsflash)

Neanderthals Chilled Out In Summer By Heading North

Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
Post published:May 12, 2022

Man's Neanderthal ancestors used to escape warm summers to chill out in the icy climates of northern territories , a new study has revealed. Scientists have discovered that Neanderthals showed…

Finds in Deiningen, front of the restored comb from 6th century.

Ornate Ivory Comb And African Bowl Among Objects Found In 6th Century Graves For First Time In North Of Alps

Post author:Peter Barker
Post published:October 8, 2021

Archaeologists have found valuable objects including an ornate ivory comb with stunning carvings and a bowl from Africa in two sixth-century graves in northern Swabia - the first such find…

The Nosferatu spider, which can penetrate the human skin with its bite, has recently been found in Saxony for the first time

Fears Huge Mediterranean Spider Spreading To North Europe

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:February 4, 2021

A huge spider from the Mediterranean that now exists in London is apparently spreading into the rest of Europe. The poisonous Nosferatu spider is one of the few spiders that…

An Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) filmed by Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the French international pharmaceutical company Sanofi. Sanofi Pasteur is the largest company in the world devoted entirely to vaccines

Asian Virus-Carrying Tiger Mosquito Moving North To UK

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:May 29, 2020

The Asian tiger mosquitoes that have made headlines in Spain and around the world are moving north across France towards the UK. According to French media, the tiger mosquitoes, which…

Jon Pall Hreinsson, the mayor of Westfjords town Bolungarvík, has sent in a complaint to Google Maps because the application’s satellite image of the town is covered in snow

Icelandic Mayor Complains To Google Maps About Snow

Post author:Lee Bullen
Post published:March 11, 2019

The mayor of a freezing fishing town in the north of Iceland has complained to Google Maps - because there is too much snow in their satellite pictures. Jon Pall…