Climbing enthusiasts in China have criticised the building of an escalator complete with cooling mist that allows visitors to reach the mountaintop in minutes without breaking a sweat. The 1,100-ft-long…
Clever crow shows it has no birdbrain as it uses pebbles to get a drink from a bottle of water. The crafty corvid had worked out that if it drops…
Giraffes at a Netherlands zoo go neck-and-neck to get hold of a tasty snack. A video of the animals shows them carefully peeling away the bark of willow tree branches…
Scientists have provided fascinating insights into the structure of single-celled organisms living in the eastern Atlantic Ocean infamous for its pungent stench. The foraminiferal species Jullienella foetida is an organism…
A baby wallaby has escaped from a Lincolnshire petting farm and was last seen hopping towards woodland near the village of Lound. The seven-month-old joey, called Ant, went missing from…
Researchers have developed the technology for underwater seaweed farms that can be grown in estuaries and effectively filter out pollutants that runoff from agricultural land before they reach the sea…
The Mexican authorities have found a black magic altar and a beheaded chicken in an apartment used by migrants tying to reach the US. The discovery took place in the…
This is the amazing moment a German professional free diver is lowered 70 metres into the darkness of a frozen Austrian lake to reach a new world record depth under…
This refugee climber whose right leg was amputated after he was diagnosed with cancer at 15 is now planning to become the first amputee to scale the 'Seven Summits' and…
The 2002 hit 'All the Things She Said' by Russian girl group t.A.T.u has reportedly become the only song performed by a Russian group to reach platinum status in the…