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…
A curious student researching historic buildings has discovered the world’s oldest functioning paternoster lift. Art history student Robin Augenstein, 32, studied construction plans of houses built in the port area…
An allegedly 121-year-old woman has been 'discovered' after medics were called in to treat her - and it is now believed she may be the world's oldest living person. Elderly…
Archaeologists have unearthed what they say is the earliest use of wheels and wagons in northern Europes. Sets of tracks were uncovered in a cemetery near Kiel, Germany, dating to…
The oldest recorded mention of the aurora borealis has been found in ancient Chinese text referring to the phenomenon that dates back to the 10th century BC when it was…
The world's oldest zoo will provide care for over 30 endangered northern bald ibis chicks as part of a programme to lead them back to their natural habitat using a…
The wreck of this 207-year-old whaling ship has been discovered by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),…
The inhabitants of the "world's oldest city" - now a UNESCO World Heritage Site - painted the skeletal remains of their dead and buried them in the walls of people's…
Boffins say these well-preserved trousers, believed to be the world's oldest, are so stylish they were like the "Versace" of the ancient world. This is after they managed to recreate…
The self-proclaimed world's oldest zoo has achieved great conservation and breeding results with over 70 extremely rare chameleons that were stuffed into socks and ice-cream boxes and smuggled in a…