Read more about the article Rare Bald Ibises Reintroduced At Great Cost Under Threat From Poaching In Italy
Image shows northern bald ibises in a rocky niche near Ueberlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg State, Germany. Experts used 3D-printed dummies to help the species breed in the wild. (Dennis Pflegehaar/Newsflash)

Rare Bald Ibises Reintroduced At Great Cost Under Threat From Poaching In Italy

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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…

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Read more about the article Ancient Giant Tortoises Get Tailor Made Enclosure At World’s Oldest Zoo
Image shows a critically endangered Seychelles giant tortoise, undated photo. They received a new home at the Schoenbrunn Zoo, in Vienna, Austria. (Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash)

Ancient Giant Tortoises Get Tailor Made Enclosure At World’s Oldest Zoo

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…

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Read more about the article 3D-Printed Northern Bald Ibis Dummies Help Rare Species Breed In Wild
Image shows northern bald ibises in a rocky niche near Ueberlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg State, Germany. Experts used 3D-printed dummies to help the species breed in the wild. (Dennis Pflegehaar/Newsflash)

3D-Printed Northern Bald Ibis Dummies Help Rare Species Breed In Wild

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…

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Read more about the article Astonishing Crusader Shrine Found Behind Slab Of Tourist Graffiti
Image shows the front panel of the Crusader High Altar, undated photo. It was found in Jerusalem. (Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Astonishing Crusader Shrine Found Behind Slab Of Tourist Graffiti

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…

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Read more about the article Rare Bird Hatchlings Go On Show In Zoo’s Unique Rainforest Biome
Image shows an endangered Meller's duck (Anas meller), undated photo. It was captured at the Zurich Zoo, Switzerland, July 2024. (Zurich Zoo, Fabio Sueess/Newsflash)

Rare Bird Hatchlings Go On Show In Zoo’s Unique Rainforest Biome

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…

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Read more about the article Man Spots Great Granny In Church’s Stained-Glass Window
Image shows the stained glass window in Linz's Mariendom, undated photo. It shows the Steineder family (the man on the right is Leopold Steineder, city carpenter of Linz, behind him his underage son Hans Steineder). (Federal Monuments Office, Bettina Neubauer-Pregl/Newsflash)

Man Spots Great Granny In Church’s Stained-Glass Window

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…

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Read more about the article Outrage After Kazakh Tourist Carves His Name Into Beautiful Pompeii Villa Wall
Photo shows the name written in one of the walls of the archaeological excavations in Casa dei Ceii, Pompeii, undated. The damage was made by a tourist from Kazakhstan. (Newsflash)

Outrage After Kazakh Tourist Carves His Name Into Beautiful Pompeii Villa Wall

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…

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Read more about the article 44,000-Year-Old Mummified Wolf Unearthed
Photo shows Russian scientists working with the unique mummy of an ancient wolf at the laboratory of the Mammoth Museum of the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. The mummy is allegedly more than 44 thousand years old. (Press Service of NEFU/Newsflash)

44,000-Year-Old Mummified Wolf Unearthed

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…

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Read more about the article Ancient Graveyard With Bodies Wrapped In Tree Bark Found Beneath Burned Down Church
Photo shows a burial in a birch bark bundle on the territory of the burnt Uspenskaya church in Kondopoga, Republic of Karelia, Russia, undated. Archaeologists discovered an intact necropolis. (Institute of Archeology of RAS/Newsflash)

Ancient Graveyard With Bodies Wrapped In Tree Bark Found Beneath Burned Down Church

An ancient graveyard with bodies buried wrapped in ritual birch bark has been unearthed by archaeologists under a burned-down church in Russia. The cemetery, which dates back to the 1100s,…

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