Meet resilient ‘living fossil’ older than dinosaurs, nuclear blast survivor
Ginkgo biloba, resilient specie of trees, survived through ice age, mass extinctions, and thousands of environmental changes A Gingko…
‘Drill man’ earns Guinness World Record for stopping fans with tongue
Kranthi Kumar Panikera from Telangana says achieving records “seems unbelievable” Kranthi Kumar Panikera posing with his Guinness World Record…
Spinning a tune: Chinese scientist names new spider species after pop songs
This is not the first time musician Jay Chou’s name has been used for scientific discoveries This is a…
Lost boy survives five days in Zimbabwe park teeming with lions
Tinotenda Pundu wandered into Matusadona National Park on Dec 27 and was found five days later Tinotenda Pundu walks…
Orca observed moving another dead calf
Killer whale Tahlequah bears dead calf, mirroring 2018 heartbreaking behaviour J35 with her calf J61 that died, December 22,…
Kind neighbour with drone helps rescuing dog off frozen lake
20-month old pooch named Brooklyn lured off thin ice covering Lake Parsippany of New Jersey with neighbour’s help A…
Girl who vanished in 1972 found alive 52 years later
“We’re absolutely delighted to have found Sheila after more than five decades,” says detective Sheila Fox poses for a…
2,000-year-old birthday invite shows earliest known Latin written
Invite written by Claudia Severa between AD 97 to 103 found at Vindolanda, a Roman fort A birthday invitation…
440 fur seal pups spotted resting off San Francisco coast
Wildlife services call it “truly remarkable recovery” after elimination of over 150,000 seals between 1810 and 1838 Some of…
Previously thought to be extinct species of snails set free on island
1,329 pea sized snails from previously thought-to-be extinct Desertas Island species released into wild The marked snails pictured in…