Read more about the article Swiss Zoo Says Endangered Elephant Calf Died Shortly After Birth
Image shows mother Farha, 17, with her dead calf, undated photo. It died shortly after its birth in the Zurich Zoo, Switzerland, on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (Zurich Zoo, Nicole Schnyder/Newsflash)

Swiss Zoo Says Endangered Elephant Calf Died Shortly After Birth

This is the sad moment a mother elephant tries to rouse her newborn baby elephant calf that later died. The much-expected birth of an endangered Asian elephant took place at…

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Read more about the article Tannenbaum Trees Go Down A Treat For Swiss Zoo Animals
Image shows a lama nibbling on a Christmas tree, undated photo. Animals at the Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland, received about 120 unsold Christmas trees in January 2023. (Zoo Zurich, Martina Kaelin/Newsflash)

Tannenbaum Trees Go Down A Treat For Swiss Zoo Animals

Animals at a Swiss zoo got an Alpine treat when dozens of unsold Christmas trees were delivered for them to munch on and play with. A spokesman at Zurich Zoo…

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Read more about the article Swiss Glaciers Lose Half Their Volume In 85 Years, Study Shows
The Marjelenalp glacier in Switzerland, pictured in 2021. Scientists reconstructed the retreat of glaciers using historical photo material and came to the conclusion that the volume of the glaciers halved between 1931 and 2016, in Switzerland. (VAW, ETH Zurich/Newsflash)

Swiss Glaciers Lose Half Their Volume In 85 Years, Study Shows

Switzerland’s glaciers have decreased by around 50 per cent within 85 years - and are now melting at an even faster rate. Experts studied tens of thousands of period photographs…

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Read more about the article Boffins Find Two New Prehistoric Dolphin Species – In Swiss Alps
Life restoration of the dolphins described in this study: Kentriodon in the foreground, in the background a squalodelphinid (left) and a physeterid (right) chasing a group of eurhinodelphinids. (Jaime Chirinos/Newsflash)

Boffins Find Two New Prehistoric Dolphin Species – In Swiss Alps

Scientists in Switzerland have discovered two previously unknown dolphin species that inhabited the area of today’s landlocked mountainous country 20 million years ago. Palaeontologists at the University of Zurich said…

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Read more about the article How Was This Cute Baby Porcupine Conceived? Very Very Carefully Say Experts
The Old World porcupine offspring that was born in the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland on 3rd May. (Zoo Zurich, Enzo Franchini/Newsflash)

How Was This Cute Baby Porcupine Conceived? Very Very Carefully Say Experts

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This adorable baby porcupine has been born at a Swiss zoo where he has been exploring his surroundings with caring family members. Wakili the cute porcupine was born at Zoo…

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Read more about the article Warhols Blue Marilyn Set For Record In USD 300 Million Auction
An Andy Warhol for an estimated 200 to 300 million dollars: 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' from the collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann. (2022 Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation, Zurich/Newsflash)

Warhols Blue Marilyn Set For Record In USD 300 Million Auction

A super-rare Andy Warhols work could become the most expensive 20th century artwork to go under the hammer in a sale of more than 100 paintings from one of the…

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