Photo shows a 26-years-old unnamed British man from Portsmouth, England, before he was rescued by Aosta Valley Mountain Rescue on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, on the Bionnassay glacier in Italy. He was rescued after calling for help the previous evening. (Newsflash)

Brit Climber Without Winter Clothing Rescued Almost Frozen On Mont Blanc Glacier

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:October 11, 2022

A British climber has been rescued almost frozen to death from a glazier on the Mont Blanc mountain range, in the Italian Alps. The climber, reportedly named as Feda Hussein,…

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Image shows a cremation process, undated photo. Crematoria in Germany have been facing problems because of the ongoing gas crisis. (Newsflash)

Gas Shortage Could Close Crematoriums And Leave Cemeteries Unable To Meet Demand

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:October 11, 2022

German crematoriums may have to close down over winter because of fears they may not have enough gas because of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Crematorium officials are reportedly increasingly worried…

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President of the Swiss Confederation Guy Parmelin poses. (Newsflash)

Swiss Who Heat Homes Above 19C Face Three Years Behind Bars

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:September 18, 2022

Swiss residents who heat their homes to more than 19 degrees Celsius face up to three years in jail under strict new guidelines as Europe's energy crisis bites. The Swiss…

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Image shows an emperor penguin colony near the Neumayer station of the Alfred Wegener Institute in an undated photo. A 2022 study showed that young emperor penguins swim far north beyond the 50th parallel south in their first year of life in Antarctica. (Alfred Wegener Institut, Aymeric Houstin/Newsflash)

Emperor Penguins Live Up To 373 Miles Further North Than Previously Believed Say Boffins

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:September 7, 2022

Tracking of young emperor penguins in Antarctica has shown that they live about 373 miles further north than previously believed and stay far outside of their protected areas. The Alfred…

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Image shows the lion enclosure in the Vienna Zoo in Austria in an undated photo. It was modernised with a new rocky landscape in August, 2022. (Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash)

Big Cats Get A New Rocky Landscape In Worlds Oldest Zoo

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:August 25, 2022

The oldest zoo in the world has modernised its 20-year-old lion enclosure by installing a new rocky structure for its lions. https://youtu.be/JxNcrtWr-0g Tiergarten Schonbrunn/Newsflash The platform - which slightly even…

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Hundreds of migratory birds in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, found dead on the street, in February, 2022. (CEN)

Mystery As Hundreds Of Blackbirds Fall From Sky Over Mexican City

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:February 24, 2022

Hundreds of blackbirds have dropped out of the sky in a Mexican city in mysterious circumstances. The blackbirds were flying south to Mexico from Canada for the rest of the…

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The stork, which came to Akalin village of Yuksekova district of Hakkari in Turkey 4 years ago, does not migrate. (Newsflash)

Loner Stork Becomes Village Mascot After Not Migrating From Chimney For Four Years

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:February 18, 2022

A stork that has not migrated for four years has become the mascot of a Turkish village, where it lives on the chimney of a local house. The loner stork…

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Badger found 209 Roman coins from the third century, in a Spanish cave. (CONSEJERIA DE CULTURA DEL PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS/CEN)

Starving Badger Finds Exceptional Treasure Trove Of Over 200 Roman Coins While Foraging For Food

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:January 24, 2022

Experts believe that a starving badger foraging for food unearthed this "exceptional" treasure trove of over 200 Roman coins, the largest such find ever unearthed in northern Spain. The remarkable…

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Female elephant Mongu at the Vienna Zoo in Austria. (Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash)

Worlds Oldest Zoo Gives 150-Year-Old Christmas Tree To Delighted African Elephants To Munch On

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:January 23, 2022

The self-proclaimed world's oldest zoo has fed a 150-year-old fir tree that served as the Christmas tree at the Schoenbrunn Palace Christmas Market to its delighted African elephants for them…

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British Tourists Sent Back Home By Austria Over Omicron Fears

• Post author:James King
• Post published:January 5, 2022

More than a hundred British holidaymakers were refused entry to Austria after they turned up without proof of a booster vaccination and without a negative PCR test that is less…

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