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 told Newsflash that around 120 Christmas trees that had not been sold had been sent to the zoo over the…
A teen girl from South Africa has escaped a sudden death and her horse was killed after they stood on an illegally laid high voltage wire that was stealing electricity from a nearby metro line. Zeldine Pretorius, 17, poses with her horse Kerneels, undated. They died after her horse stepped…
This is the moment a one-eyed wolf shows he is still the leader of the pack, surprising researchers who have been monitoring the group for years and had not realised he was the Alpha male. For two years until now, Prof Andrew Hendry, 54, from the Redpath Museum and the…
A nature lover has revealed how he captured incredible footage of living fossils that date back to the Jurassic age of the dinosaurs. The rare crustaceans - known as the Triops - are tadpole-sized shrimps that are believed to have inhabited our planet for hundreds of millions of years. Triops…
These devilish-looking horned skulls spotted by climbers in the Italian Alps have been identified by UK scientists as belonging to prehistoric wild goats that died more than 7,000 years ago. Image shows an ibex skull which is over 7,000 years old, undated photo. Four climbers found remains of at least…
