Cheetahs in the world's oldest zoo have upgraded their living space with artificial clay islands to simulate a riverbed. Tiergarten Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, finished the rebuild earlier this…
An archaeological site listed as a UNESCO World Heritage could be one of the oldest Neanderthal excavation sites in Spain with a new study saying it could date back 115,000…
One of Germany's oldest beekeepers deliberately gets stung at the beginning of each season, claiming bee venom boosts his body's immune system. Former chemist Heinz Hoffmann, 90, who is the…
Experts have uncovered fingerprints on ceramics dating back 8,000 years in what is believed to have been an ancient pottery workshop, said to be one of the oldest in the…
The oldest zoo in the world has modernised its 20-year-old lion enclosure by installing a new rocky structure for its lions. https://youtu.be/JxNcrtWr-0g Tiergarten Schonbrunn/Newsflash The platform - which slightly even…
Spanish archaeologists have named the oldest hominid ever found in Europe ‘Pink’ after the legendary English rock band Pink Floyd. Remains of man's ancient ancestor - dating back 1.4 million…
One of Europe’s oldest African bush elephants has died mysterious aged 44 at his enclosure in a Spanish zoo. Kibo died during the night without any signs that he was…
A 101-year-old Nazi death camp SS guard has been jailed for five years over the murder of 3,518 people. Josef Schuetz had told a German court he was just a…
The oldest known sample of an E. coli bacteria has been extracted from a 16th-century Italian mummy by an international team of researchers. Modern E. coli bacteria is often found…
These adorable images show a rare zebra foal with its caring mum as it is shown off to wildlife fans at the world's oldest zoo. The foal - less than…