Picture shows Dr Gladys Boo, Veterinary Ophthalmologist, at The Eye Specialist for Animals checks the eye of a King Penguin, in Singapore undated. Successful cataract surgery on geriatric penguins, three King Penguins and three Humboldt Penguins, has helped them enhance their sight and improve their quality of life. (Mandai Wildlife Group/CEN)

Six Penguins Have Cataract Surgery In World First

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:March 17, 2023

These remarkable images show how six penguins were given cataract surgery in what is believed to be a world first. It was first noticed that the elderly penguins - from…

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Picture shows the wounded shark in Guadalupe Island, Mexico, undated. According to Euan Rannachan, the wound was likely caused by another fish. (@euanart/Newsflash)

Great White Shark With Huge Gash Swims Feet Away From Cameraman

• Post author:Daniel Kamberski
• Post published:December 15, 2022

Wounded shark swimming just feet away from an underwater cameraman. The remarkable images were recorded by 37-year-old filmmaker and photographer Euan Rannachan. https://youtu.be/cQWaw2n6aZs @euanart/Newsflash Euan, who lives near Lake Tahoe,…

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Image shows the wine press remains before the excavations, undated photo. A Polish-Georgian research team discovered a 1,800-year-old roman winepress in the Gonio settlement, in Georgia. (R. Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski/Newsflash)

1,800-Year-Old Ancient Roman Wine Press Unearthed

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:November 30, 2022

A 1,800-year-old wine press in an ancient Roman fortress has been unearthed by archaeologists in Georgia. The press - still in remarkable condition - was reportedly found a few hundred…

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Maulyadi Salasanto, known on social media as Peter or Pelacak Alam, shows a green brittle star, in Bali, Indonesia, on Saturday, April 30, 2022. The animal is scientifically known as Ophiarachna incrassata. (@melacakalam/Newsflash)

Weird And Wonderful Sea Creatures Of The Deep

• Post author:Daniel Kamberski
• Post published:November 29, 2022

Amazing array of bizarre creatures that lurk beneath the waters of Bali in Indonesia. Maulyadi Salasanto - known online as Pelacak Alam - has racked up a stunning 101,000 followers…

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Picture shows the cardboard box, where the baby was found, this Wednesday, Sept. 14, in Ipatinga, Brazil. (CEN)

Newborn Baby Found Abandoned In Cardboard Box

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:September 24, 2022

An amazed recycler couldn't believe his eyes when he searched a dumped box for old metal and found a newborn baby inside. The street salvager had found the closed cardboard…

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Image shows the shipwreck on the bottom of the Skerki Bank. (Vincent Creuze ROV Drassm/Newsflash)

Incredible Snaps Show Ancient Roman-Era Remains On Seabed

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:September 20, 2022

These remarkable underwater snaps show a treasure trove of shipwrecked Roman-era remains that ended up at the bottom of the Mediterranean. The astonishingly well-preserved finds are understood to come from…

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Octopus eggs hatching in 2018, in Virginia, located in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United State. (@vaaquarium/Clipzilla)

Baby Octopuses Hatch From Flower In Adorable Video

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:September 13, 2022

https://youtu.be/6AK5x20FuFA @vaaquarium/Newsflash This delicate flower is actually a clutch of octopus eggs that are slowly seen hatching in a remarkable video. Clipzilla obtained the footage from Virginia Aquarium and it…

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Image shows the extinct ant in the Hereon measuring station at DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III in an undated photo. A German research team from the University of Jena discovered a previously unknown extinct ant in 20 million-years-old amber. (Hammel, Laustroer/Newsflash)

Boffins Discover New 20-Million-Year-Old Ant Species Encased In Amber

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:September 9, 2022

Astonished scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of ant after scanning a 20-million-year-old block of amber. Researchers in Germany, France and Poland made the remarkable find after using micro-computed…

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A silicified sandstone pedestal of King Amasis (570525 BC) is also among the recovered artefacts from the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis. (Simon Connor/Newsflash)

Ancient Egypt Shrine And Statue Fragments Found At City That Once Housed Cleopatra’s Needle

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:July 10, 2022

Archaeologists researching the ancient temple city of Heliopolis have made remarkable discoveries documenting intense temple construction activities in Ancient Egypt. Heliopolis - which literally means City of the Sun -…

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The smallest known land snail Angustopila psammion which was discovered by German researchers. (Senckenberg/Newsflash)

Research Sensation As German And US Scientists Discover The Worlds Tiniest Land Snails In Vietnam

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:February 17, 2022

German and US researchers have discovered two incredible snails - one of which is smaller than a grain of sand and believed to be the world's tiniest land snail, and…

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