Experts have studied a rare African parchment in their search for clues about the evolution of writing, which they say has evolved "to become simpler and more efficient". The Max…
A little-known fish thought to be extinct locally has been rediscovered in the Ohio River for the first time since 1939. The rare fish, known as a Longhead darter (Percina…
Fears are growing after two young bearded vultures that were released into a national park in Germany for the first time in 140 years appear to have vanished. Greenpeace said…
Four new viruses have been discovered in giant tortoises is in the Galapagos Islands after 454 of the animals underwent COVID-style testing. The research showed that the infected animals live…
German police have ‘arrested’ a frightened little chameleon after a greengrocer found it hiding among his cauliflowers. The colourful chap was found in the village of Bilsen in the northernmost…
Two hundred medical professionals have signed an open letter to the president of the Austrian Medical Association to protest the coronavirus vaccine, which they claim has failed. Dr Andreas Soennichsen…
This orangutan called Toto has died just a few weeks before his 30th birthday at a zoo in Mexico after a period of depression. The sad death took place at…
Experts have found Mayan pots that were placed under stalactites to collect water in a cave almost a thousand years ago and were still in the cave today. One of…
German airport Customs have seized half a tonne of rotting African primate, porcupine and antelope 'bushmeat' infested with mold and maggots and hidden between clothes and medicine in packages from…
A team of scientists in Austria and Germany has uncovered the oldest known remains of a mysterious species of archaic humans called the Denisovans dating back 200,000 years in a…