As fast food goes, these luxury GBP 221 hotdogs have to be one of the wurst Christmas bargains ever. But the maker of the world's most expensive hotdog claims the price is an inflation-buster because they have not put it up since last year. Image shows the luxury hot dog…
New research has suggested that Otzi the 5,300-year-old prehistoric iceman did not die in autumn before being preserved under winter snow, and instead had died in early spring on a high Alpine snow field. The Ice Age huntsman, considered one of the oldest and best-preserved mummies in the world, is…
Stranded villagers in an Italian Alpine hamlet have asked Switzerland to annex them after four years of bungling by local politicians. The village's gondola lift has been out of action since 2018 after a fatal cable-car accident and can only be reached through a 1,400-step mule track up the mountainside.…
Four rescued bears have met together for the first time in a plush animal sanctuary in Switzerland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm4OhbIfdnU Stiftung Arosa Baren, VIER PFOTEN/Newsflash Bear siblings Jamila and Sam met two furry new roommates named Amelia and Meimo at the Arosa Bear Sanctuary in Graubuenden, Switzerland, on Wednesday, 5th October. This…
A proud spotted hyena mum has shown off her adorable newborn cub for the first time at her zoo enclosure. The solo dark-coloured cub is just over a week old in footage released by Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland, as it bonds with its five-year-old mother Tesi. https://youtu.be/C3cj3SwLp2s Zoo Zurich, Nicole…
An exceptionally rare giant gemstone dubbed the largest pear-shaped pink diamond to ever be offered at an auction is expected to fetch up to USD 35 million in Switzerland. Standing at more than 18 carats the vividly coloured 'Fortune Pink' will lead the Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale as part of…
These images show a male koala joining other members of its species at a zoo in Switzerland that include a female, with the cute animal apparently wasting no time to call out to its potential mate Maisy. The randy koala can be seen being released into its new surroundings, before…
An adorable female red panda brought to a Swiss zoo from England is set to start a new generation for the endangered species. The three-year-old Tiang Tang from Chester Zoo is currently getting used to the Himalayan enclosure in Zurich which she'll share with two other red pandas, an elderly…
A British man died while trying to swim towards a platform in the middle of a Swiss lake. The tragedy took place on the small lake of Schwendisee in St. Gallen Canton, north-eastern Switzerland, on the afternoon of 26th August. First responders started resuscitating the man on the wooden platform…
Switzerland’s glaciers have decreased by around 50 per cent within 85 years - and are now melting at an even faster rate. Experts studied tens of thousands of period photographs from 1931 onwards to reconstruct early 20th-century climate patterns. Between 1931 and 2016 the glaciers lost almost half their volume,…