A site housing an ancient sycamore tree said to have sheltered the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus has been reopened in Egypt after a painstaking restoration. The special park dedicated…
These images show how a six-tonne fir tree dating back 1,400 years has been recovered from an underwater forest in an Austrian lake. Experts say the tree first took seed…
A sex-mad fly trapped in amber 100 million years ago while on his way to tempt a mate with a floral gift has been hailed as the world's earliest recorded…
This viral video shows a fallen tree leaning on a 110,000-volt power line, with the electricity coursing through it and making it look like a lightning bolt repeatedly striking the…
These images show how a tree in Holland has nearly finished swallowing a traffic sign that was affixed to it years ago. The traffic sign, which limits the speed to…
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…
These two siblings aged five and three have died after eating poisonous fruits from their garden that they thought were apples. The tragic incident took place in the village of…
A malnourished young mountain lion that was roaming around a complex for several days has been captured by the Californian authorities after it was found hiding up a tree. The…
Forestry workers discovered this wailing cub stuck up a tree above its worried mother and another cub in an Italian woodland. Although initially reluctant to go near the cub, because…
An orangutan has escaped at an Israeli zoo after using a newly planted tree in its enclosure that was damaged by Palestinian rockets, and it had to be tranquilised and…