A 56-year-old chimpanzee has defied all the odds at a zoo in northeast Kansas, when it entered the record books and totally surprised officials at a zoo by giving birth, naturally and unaided.
Read how this aged mum unexpectedly got pregnant…
Marine conservationist and activist in Alaska, Rick Steiner, says “Most of the oil that goes into the water in a major spill stays there, and once the oil is in the water, the damage is done.” He was one of the first scientists to warn that most of BP’s oil spill would remain underwater, forming giant and potentially deadly toxic fumes.
Read the horrifying figures of just how little spilled oil was estimated to have been collected…
In sand dunes on the isolated storm-tossed white sands of the northern New Zealand Karikari Beach, crews with bulldozers buried 49 pilot whales.
Read how only 9 survived…
Scientists have recently confirmed that Vanuatu was host to a never-before-viewed supersize animal, in the genus Meiolania, (giant horned turtles). It was pushed to extinction by humans, on the 80 tropical island archipelago of Vanautu, in the north west corner of the South Pacific.
Read how Vanuatu is home to many more giants…
A crate of Shackleton’s Scotch whisky that was trapped in Antarctic ice for a hundred years, was opened recently. The heritage dram however, won’t be enjoyed by whisky lovers because it’s being preserved for its historical significance.
Read what will happen to this very special whiskey…
Eastern and southern Australia has been ravaged by swarms of locusts, since April, following the recent floods. Locusts are one of the most destruct pests on earth, found on all continents of world, except the Arctic regions.
They have caused millions of dollars of damage in Australia…
Bob Dudley, new BP CEO said last week that it was time for BP to scale back oil-spill cleanup operations. In fact, by the time he’d said that, the responder force had been drawn down by about 25 percent.
Read how 30,000 cleanup workers fired and BP’s partner won’t pay the bill…
The massive Three Gorges Dam is under threat from layers of rubbish, floating in the Yangtze river.
People are able to walk on the surface of the rubbish, in some places, as the layers are around 60 cms (2 foot) deep and so thick.
Read more about the amount collected every day…
Facts are often stranger than fiction. Take a look at these weird trees from around the world.
They include the Basket Tree, Giant Sequoias of California, Circus Tree, Chapel-Oak. Tule Tree and Baobab Trees - including one with a toilet built inside…
After closing beaches on the Yellow Sea, China’s worst ever oil spill more than doubled in a week. Environmental officials warned the black gooey crude oil posed a ‘severe threat’ to sea life and water quality.
One fire fighter drowned in the black ooze…
