Group of fishermen rescue a battered and bloody whale that has become wedged between rocks. The giant sea mammal, a Bryde's whale, was spotted as it thrashed against the rocky…
A five-year-old boy unearths a 500-million-year-old fossil while accompanying his dad on a hike. Phone footage captured by his dad, surnamed Yang, shows the little boy, dressed in a red…
A new tiny precursor of the dinosaurs has been unearthed by scientists excavating rocks on Spain's holiday island Mallorca. The creature - from the group moradisaurine captorhinids - was a…
Barbaric zoogoer smirks as he hurls rocks at a defenceless lioness in her enclosure. Footage of the thug's behaviour at a zoo in the city of Yantai, Shandong Province, was…
A tanker loaded with 20,000 tonnes of rocks has been accused of damaging a pristine coral reef as it sailed to Mexico. Furious environmentalists say the ship damaged the protected…
Ancient remains of a terrifying 250-million-year-old sea reptile have been found halfway up a mountain in Norway. The ichthyosaur fossil shows that the feared ocean predator apparently existed long before…
This is the terrifying moment a vast cloud of fumes and ash blow through a live volcano in Mexico. Officials have warned thrill seekers and locals to stay away from…
New Forest pony gets to the bottom of a niggling itch with the help of a tree trunk. The footage - filmed by wildlife fan Linda Prigarska - shows one…
A group of monkeys teach a lesson to a cheeky rat that had been stealing their food at a Chinese animal park. Video footage - shot by a visitor -…
Two teenage skiers died when they sped off piste and crashed over rocks at a ski resort where the only snow was artificial, leaving the ground outside exposed. With warm…