A two-year-old elephant has died despite keepers' best efforts after it contracted a herpes virus at Zurich zoo in Switzerland. Umesh, a young male, died on the evening of Tuesday,…
The oldest known sample of an E. coli bacteria has been extracted from a 16th-century Italian mummy by an international team of researchers. Modern E. coli bacteria is often found…
This is the heartbreaking moment a sea lion is rescued from a beach after being found with a fisherman's net cutting deep into its flesh. Horrifying footage of the sea…
This cute giraffe calf has been given a new lease of life after having her crooked legs corrected with innovative brace treatment. Msituni, just three months old, was born at…
A new pioneering technique developed at the University of Michigan can blast tumours in a non-invasive way, with experts saying that in 80 percent of cases, they do not grow…
This terrifying footage shows a gigantic nest crawling with wasps on a woman's bedroom ceiling after returning from long hospital visit. The unnamed resident of the property in the rural…
This young Chinese girl has been praised for saving her pocket money and also collecting bottles so she can raise cash to pay for her brother's chemotherapy treatment. The family…
This foolish pooch has been left with hundreds of spikes in its face after attacking a porcupine in Brazil. The dog, named Thor, was found by its owner with hundreds…
A Turkish scientist from the US has given hope to ALS, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients after successfully reviving dead brain cells in animals. Northwestern University Associate Professor Pembe Hande Ozdinler,…
The Russian man who kept a house of horrors with 26 bodies of dead little girls that he had dug up and mummified has been denied a bid for freedom…