Rescue teams work to help a 20-year-old Uzbek student trapped on the peak by a snow storm, in Bad Reichenhall, Germany, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. The man had found the peak during internet research for the most beautiful vantage point for photos, and went up before 20 centimetres of snow fell. (BRK/Newsflash)

Selfie-Hunting Hiker Faces Massive Bill For Mountain Rescue

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:December 1, 2022

A student stranded 5,000ft up an Alpine mountain peak as he searched for the perfect spot for a photo is facing a rescue bill of thousands of pounds. The 20-year-old…

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Picture shows Emma, 17-months-old, undated. She received the first intestine transplant from a deceased person in the world. (CEN)

13-Month-Old Receives Historic Intestine Transplant

• Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
• Post published:October 20, 2022

An adorable infant named Emma has received the world’s first intestinal implant from a dead organ donor. The 17-month-old tot - from Segovia, Spain - is the first person in…

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Photo shows an egg with a vase shape on it. (Newsflash)

Artistic Hen’s Egg Could Be The New Francis Bacon

• Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
• Post published:October 9, 2022

An astonished farmer may have cracked it in the art world - after finding one of her brood has created a perfect image of a vase on an egg. Photo…

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North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany in an undated footage. Beekeepers harvested significantly more honey this spring than in previous years. (Newsflash)

Un-bee-lievable Boost In Honey Yields

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:August 8, 2022

Bee experts have revealed that a dry and sunny spring has caused a bumper yields of honey. Colonies in Germany are producing an average of 21.2 kilogrammes (46.7 lbs) of…

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Young storks before they are ringed in the eyrie at the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland. (Zoo Zurich, Enzo Franchini/Newsflash)

Record Hatching Of Rare Chicks

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:June 24, 2022

A zoo has seen an astonishing number of white storks chicks – once considered extinct in parts of Europe – hatching this spring thanks to perfect weather. Switzerland's Zurich Zoo…

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Tie-dyeing cotton fabric with acorn and rust solutions turns it brown, orange, blue and black. (Adapted from Journal of Chemical Education 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00086/Newsflash)

Rust And Acorns Perfect For Eco Tie-Dying Says Study

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:June 8, 2022

Scientists have revealed that acorns and rust could be perfect green substitutes for tie-dying cotton clothes. Although many kits are available for people to brighten up their clothes with colourful…

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A sandhill crane does not look happy to be filmed, one of a small group of 6 that frequent the wetlands behind the photographers' house, in Tampa, Florida, USA, on 20th April. (@russellmavphotography/Newsflash)

Angry Bird Gives Wildlife Photographer The Evil Eye

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:May 18, 2022

This is the moment an angry sandhill crane gives a Florida photographer a mean stare as he sneaks up on the bird for the perfect snap. The video was shared…

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Two-headed sea turtle found on the beach in North Carolina, USA.

Two Headed Turtle In Perfect Health Found At Bottom Of Nest On US Beach

• Post author:Peter Barker
• Post published:August 29, 2021

A two-headed loggerhead sea turtle hatchling has been found by biologists at the bottom of a nest on a beach in North Carolina and it was deemed healthy enough to…

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Common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis.

Study Finds Unlike Humans Cuttlefish Retain Strong Memories Of Past Events Even In Old Age

• Post author:Peter Barker
• Post published:August 28, 2021

A new study has found that cuttlefish possess very powerful memories that allow them not only to remember what they had for dinner last week and if it was to…

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A plane touching the sun during sunrise, the photo that took almost one year to be captured by the photographer Mostafa Atef

After Year of Early Starts Photographer Gets Perfect Shot Of Landing Plane At Sunrise

• Post author:Basant Essam
• Post published:December 23, 2020

An amateur photographer who works at an airport got the best Christmas present when he finally managed to take a picture of a plane landing just as it appears to…

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