Read more about the article TURTLE SUCCESS: Vienna Zoo Species Protection Project Ensures Survival Of One Of The Rarest Turtle Species In The World
Researcher Doris Preininger at the reintroduction of the Northern river terrapin in Bangladesh, poses in undated photo. The Vienna Zoo in Austria began the conservation project for the northern river terrapin in 2010. (Rupert Kainradl/Newsflash)
Animals

TURTLE SUCCESS: Vienna Zoo Species Protection Project Ensures Survival Of One Of The Rarest Turtle Species In The World

The oldest zoo in the world has celebrated Reptile Awareness Day by highlighting a conservation project aimed to ensure the survival of one of the rarest turtle species in the world. Officials from the Tiergarten Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria initiated the project to rescue the northern river terrapin (Batagur…

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October 21, 2022
Read more about the article TRIAL OF TERROR SUSPECTS: Six Accused Of Helping ISIS Gunman Slaughter Four In Vienna Shooting Appear In Court
Kujtim Fejzulai, 21, poses in undated photo. The Austrian-North Macedonian dual citizen and ISIS sympathizer carried out the shooting rampage in Vienna, Austria on Nov. 2, 2020. (Newsflash)
Crime

TRIAL OF TERROR SUSPECTS: Six Accused Of Helping ISIS Gunman Slaughter Four In Vienna Shooting Appear In Court

Six alleged accomplices of the ISIS-supporting gunman who slaughtered four in the 2020 Vienna attack have gone on trial. Four people were killed and 23 injured in the mass shooting in the centre of the Austrian capital on 4th November, 2020. The attack ended when police shot dead 20-year-old Kujtim…

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October 19, 2022
Read more about the article JOEY GOOD FELLOW: World’s Oldest Zoo Spots New Koala Arrival Peering From Mum’s Pouch
Koala bears at the Tiergarten Schonbrunn in Vienna, Austria on Thursday, 29th September 2022. (Tiergarten Schonbrunn/Newsflash)
Animals

JOEY GOOD FELLOW: World’s Oldest Zoo Spots New Koala Arrival Peering From Mum’s Pouch

The oldest zoo in the world has announced that a new koala baby has arrived way after spotting it in its mother's pouch. https://youtu.be/F4GLYnm0ku8 Zookeepers were thrilled to see the little one peeking from its mum Bunji's pouch at the Tiergarten Schonbrunn zoo in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, 29th September.…

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September 29, 2022
Read more about the article SNOW CHANCE: Study Rules Out Ice Age Hotspot Theory
Simulations by the University of Vienna in Austria show a strong influence of clouds on global ice ages in the history of the Earth: Clouds and their radiation reflection are an important influencing factor for the stability of a possible water belt state of the Earth in the cryogenium. (IMK-TRO/Newsflash)
History

SNOW CHANCE: Study Rules Out Ice Age Hotspot Theory

A long-standing theory that an equatorial belt of warm water fostered life during the earth's Ice Age has been dismissed by a new study. New findings by scientists from Vienna University and the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe (KIT), Germany, show that the hotspot almost certainly never existed. It has…

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June 17, 2022
Read more about the article Vienna Tourist Board Launches OnlyFans Account To Display Nude Art Censored By FB And Insta
Helena Fourment (Das Pelzchen), by Peter Paul Rubens, on Vienna strips on OnlyFans. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien/Newsflash)
General News

Vienna Tourist Board Launches OnlyFans Account To Display Nude Art Censored By FB And Insta

The tourist board in the Austrian capital Vienna has launched an OnlyFans account to display nude works of art after they were repeatedly censored by other social media platforms. The Vienna tourist body, called Wien Tourismus, started its account on the adults-only platform after growing frustrated that their other accounts…

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October 18, 2021