These images show how stunned customs officers found a pickled rattlesnake in a jar being smuggled into China. The incident took place at the Jinling Customs Post Office, in Nanjing,…
A rare species of bird, the northern bald Ibis, which had been wiped out in Europe and reintroduced at great expense in Austria, is under threat as Italian hunters kill…
The video shows the brand-new research station for species conservation that was launched by a zoo in Switzerland. Footage from the zoo in Zurich shows the new station designed to…
Two critically endangered Seychelles giant tortoises have been relocated to a new home after the world's oldest zoo built them a brand new enclosure. The two reptiles, reportedly aged 70…
These remarkable videos show experts creating 3D-printed northern bald ibis dummies and placing them in the wild to show the endangered species a safe cliff to nest on resulting in…
A magnificent long-lost 900-year-old Crusader altar has been discovered hidden behind a stone slab covered in graffiti in Jerusalem, it has emerged. The marble altar was created by Christian crusaders…
Adorable chicks from three species of endangered birds go on show at their rainforest enclosure in Switzerlad. Keepers at Zurich Zoo released footage of the chicks, still in their fluffy…
Art experts restoring a cathedral's stained glass windows in Austria were astonished when a local identified five of his ancestors in the artwork. Art historians have been conducting a painstaking…
A Kazakh tourist is in trouble after he was caught carving his name, 'Ali,' on an ancient wall in Pompeii. The man was reportedly caught red-handed damaging one of the…
A "unique" mummified wolf that died 44,000 years ago has been unearthed with its fur and teeth perfectly preserved from a Russian ice field. The ancient predator was discovered 120ft…