A giant Chinese mitten crab crossing the street was crushed by a startled driver who ran it over before he could stop. The crab - which measured 30 centimetres (12…
A bestselling Italian wine featuring labels depicting dictators like Hitler and Mussolini is to finally stop selling after the vineyard passes into new hands. The Vini Lunardelli vineyard began selling…
A record-breaking litter of rare Sandbar sharks had to be rescued by aquarium keepers to stop them being snapped up by other predators. In the wild, the environmentally threatened shark…
The ability to keep the brain fit by speaking more than one language could be one of the best ways to stop brain ageing, according to new research by boffins…
Prehistoric giant sloths had a chainmail-like armour made of a bone mesh embedded in their skin to stop predators sinking their teeth and claws into them, according to new research.…
Cops in Spain have recovered the last part of a valuable 17th century Flemish tapestry stolen from a Spanish church by notorious art thief Erik 'The Belgian' in 1980. The…
An exasperated father who had resorted to using a scrambler to try to get his children off their devices is being prosecuted for having accidentally shut off the Internet for…
These images show how heavy snow transformed a mountaintop watchtower used to detect fires into a massive ice sculpture resembling a "huge swan on ice". The incident took place at…
An Austrian animal charity has had to buy special fridges to keep starving bats in hibernation and stop pregnant females from giving birth after hundreds of them were trapped in…
An Iranian official has raised eyebrows by claiming that women owning pet dogs is a Western conspiracy to stop them from having children. Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi Hosseini Hamedani, Guardianship of…