City officials have felled more than 100 trees so that a colony of lizards can get enough sun, it has emerged. The lizards - common wall lizards, or Podarcis muralis…
Officials in Israel busted three looters digging for treasure in an ancient Ottoman well. Inspectors from Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) Antiquities Theft Prevention Unit caught the robbers red-handed as they…
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Animal welfare officials in Colombia have begun giving pigeons vasectomies as a humane way to keep numbers down in the capital Bogota. The Institute for the Protection…
A female Rottweiler weighing over 220 lbs has lost nine lbs in two weeks after animal activists put her on a strict diet to shed the extra fat. The extremely…
Horrified customs officials have seized two roasted whole antelopes from an air passenger's luggage who claimed she needed them for a "snack". The passenger - from Ghana, West Africa -…
German crematoriums may have to close down over winter because of fears they may not have enough gas because of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Crematorium officials are reportedly increasingly worried…
A family-run trafficking ring flogging cheap cigarettes and vodka has been exposed by a police sniffer dog. The Belgian Shepherd helped police confiscate untaxed cigarettes, alcohol and weapons worth more…
A safari-park carer has been hailed a "hero" after rescuing a careless teen from the jaws of a cheetah. The 17-year-old from Germany visited the Beekse Bergen Safari Park near…
A huge underground Nazi air raid bunker from World War II could be revived as officials study Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The tunnel - sunk at a depth of 17…
New king penguin parents are showing off their adorable new two-month-old chick for the first time. The chick came face to face with visitors for the first time at Tiergarten…