Pair of doggy desperados raid a toyshop in a bid to steal a cuddly animal. The snatch and grab pair were collared on CCTV as they targeted a store in the municipality of Tabatinga, in the Brazillian state of Amazonas. Picture shows the plush toy that Pacato, a stray dog,…
Italian police have dug up an astonishing EUR 8 million in cash buried in a couple's garden as part of a suspected complicated tax scam. Investigators unearthered bundles of banknotes wrapped in plastic and concrete after they used an excavator on land around the pair's farmhouse. The suspects are said…
The first two months in the lives of a pair of giant panda bear twins have been captured on film and released as they celebrate their first birthday at a Spanish zoo. The small bears can be seen evolving from what appear to be tiny hairless rats into fluffy, black…
A zoo has revealed a pair of adorable pygmy slow loris twins as they cling to their mother for comfort. The two babies - the second set of twins for six-year-old mum, Sue - were born at the Leipzig Zoo, in the German city of Leipzig, located in the state…
Two chubby young pandas have been put on a strict diet at a Taiwanese zoo. Yuanzai and Yuanbao, two female panda cubs at Taipei Zoo in Taiwan, have been placed on a diet to reduce their fat, salt, and sugar intake. The cubs are the daughters of Tuantuan and Yuanyuan,…
A pair of diamond bracelets that once belonged to France's last queen, Marie Antoinette, have sold at a Christie's auction for over GBP 6 million. The bracelets, which are lined with 140- to 150-carat diamonds, were hidden in a chest and smuggled out of France when the queen was imprisoned…
An airport passenger who tried to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of gold through by giving himself a massive pair of golden gnashers has been arrested. Customs officials found that the unidentified man had a huge block of gold moulded into dentures and then added a golden chain which he…
These two 1000-year-old Viking skeletons were found 100s of miles apart only to be reunited in Denmark after DNA analysis showed that the pair were actually related. The two Vikings were reunited at the Danish National Museum in Copenhagen yesterday (9th June). One of the Vikings, a male who is…
A dolphin has been found washed up dead on a beach after apparently being killed by a pair of women's knickers that had wrapped around its flipper and ended up cutting through almost to the bone. An environmental monitoring team removed the Guiana dolphin carcass from the beach in the…
This is the tender moment a pair of loved up macaws that live in monogamous relationships frolic and even seemingly share kisses on top of a streetlight in Brazil. The stunning footage was filmed by photojournalist Marcos Erminio in the city centre of Campo Grande, Brazil, on 2nd March. The…