Red-faced engineers have confessed to dumping 3,000 tonnes of rock contaminated with poisonous arsenic into one of the world's greatest beauty spots. The rock, from a new tube train tunnel…
A woman was stunned when she spotted what appeared to be a backpack at the bottom of a lake that was full of jewellery. The incident took place at the…
A one-year-old girl has died after she became infected by a super rare, brain-eating organism. The baby girl, from Caucaia, near Fortaleza, in the Brazilian state of Ceara, died on…
German climate activists have dyed the waters of a UNESCO World Heritage Site vivid green to raise their voice against a chemical company's environmental impact. Visitors to Bergpark Wilhelmshoehe in…
Cat traders killed dozens of cats by dumping them into a ditch in sacks to dispose of them in order to hide evidence from police when animal activists raised the…
Tiny baby tusker is plucked from a monsoon-flooded river that threatens to sweep it away in northern India. The six-week-old junior jumbo had been separated from its mum as it…
Hundreds of fish wriggle and flip as they try to escape after the river was turned into a shallow mud bog during a drought. Video footage recorded at Corumba, in…
Gardners caught using hosepipes to water their lawns in Germany are facing massive EUR 50,000 fines under strict new drought laws. As summer heatwave temperatures top 30 degrees Celsius, city…
Water cool-off moment moment two adorable bear cubs chill out as they clamber into a garden water trough to shelter from a heatwave. The cubs were caught on camera outside…
A starving horse pulled from a water-filled ditch by animal rescuers has started a new lease of life as it recovers from months of malnutrition. The chestnut-coated pony had been…