A Swiss zoo has predicted that almost 60 per cent of all insect species in the country are threatened with extinction. Experts from Zurich Zoo say that the declining insect biodiversity could have a disastrous effect on its animals as most of them consume bugs in their diet. Zoo officials…
A huge cruise liner that was destined for the scrap yard because nobody wanted to buy it has been snapped up by Disney at the last minute. The sale price for the 208,000-tonne Global Dream cruise ship was reportedly EUR 1.3 billion (GBP 1.1 billion). Image shows the Global Dream…
A rare two-headed baby tortoise has baffled experts, who predict it's likely to live a long, healthy life. The mutant tortoise has two heads and four front legs but only one set of internal organs, a CT scan has revealed. The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) is listed as endangered…
These images show how desperately rare short-tail nurse sharks have been born in captivity at an aquarium in Spain for the first time. Short-tail nurse sharks are listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species and are only found in…
Story by Ajda Ender In social life in all countries of the world, streets have become places where people's lives and human rights are threatened. The dangers in the streets, the threat of violence goes on every day, goes on day and night. The streets have become places of social…
A zoo has revealed a pair of adorable pygmy slow loris twins as they cling to their mother for comfort. The two babies - the second set of twins for six-year-old mum, Sue - were born at the Leipzig Zoo, in the German city of Leipzig, located in the state…
German customs officers have seized a protected tortoise skeleton along with its shell that was shipped from Switzerland to Germany as a home decoration. The officials at the Donauwoerth Customs Office located in the southern German state of Bavaria found the tortoise and its shell in a package on 19th…
This is the moment a cute Sumatran tiger cub takes its first tentative steps outside its enclosure at London Zoo. The cute scene was filmed at ZSL London Zoo, the world's oldest scientific zoo, in Regent’s Park in London and the footage was shared on social media on 13th January…
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 Chapultepec Zoo, which is located in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. The loss was revealed via the official Twitter…
This is the moment an extremely fortunate jaguar that was on the verge of drowning in the middle of a river is saved by some sailors who tied a rope to a log and threw it to the big cat so they could drag it to the shore. The jaguar…