Surfers on a Sydney beach got more than they bargained for after paddling too close to a giant whale. A helicopter circling the coast spotted the giant mammal which was soon surrounded by a group of surfers who then broke government guidelines by moving within 100 metres of the whale’s swimming area. At first, the whale swam peacefully beside the surf boards before appearing […]
Described as a gentle giant of the jellyfish world, this huge barrel jellyfish made an appearance in an estuary near St Mawes in Cornwall. Marine awareness officer Matt Slater and his dog Mango decided to swim out for a closer look and captured this incredible footage. The alien-looking creature weighs a whopping 20 kilos and is said to measure up to one metre in diameter. More barrel jellyfish […]
A large landslide in a village in southwest China has been captured on camera. It happened on Saturday afternoon and witnesses say four villagers were collecting herbs in the area at the time and were buried by the fallen mass of earth and rocks. Rescuers rushed to the site to search for the victims and evacuate local residents, as […]
Two migrant workers in north China are being hailed as heroes, after they came to the rescue of this woman who was hanging from the window of a four-storey building. The elderly woman in her 80s could be seen on Tuesday hanging from the building, after she’d slipped out of her window on the fourth floor. Fortunately, her […]
A zoo in Cheshire has welcomed Bernardo the bear, who’s arrived from the USA. The four-year-old spectacled bear has moved into Chester Zoo after flying in from Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma and is being introduced to his new female friend Franka. It’s rare that zoo animals move between Europe and the USA, so Bernardo’s arrival brings important […]
This surveillance camera footage shows the moment men armed with axes injured four people in a crowded chess hall in China on Sunday. Two men can be seen loitering in the hall, until the first man slides an axe from underneath his shirt. Just as he does, a second man in white can be seen lifting his T-shirt, quickly pulling […]
At least 10 people have been injured after a bullfight broke out into chaos in rural Peru. The annual bullfight in a small village descended into mayhem when the ring assistant, who was apparently drunk, untied a rope used to protect participants from the bull. While the crowds tried to move away, the raging bull rammed into local residents, sending them flying in the air […]
A man who was queuing up at bank in south London got more than he bargained for, as he ended up catching a bank robber. James Rowley, who said he was in a bad mood that day, was in a Lloyds Bank when masked robber Andrew Fernandez suddenly burst in and waved a gun at the cashier. […]
Astronomers have detected a mysterious signal 240 million light years away from Earth. The unidentified signal is a spike of intensity at a very specific wavelength of X-ray light, but scientists don’t yet know what the origin is. Picked up in the Perseus Cluster, one of the biggest objects in the universe, the discovery is said to be the […]
Most people in Brazil have their fingers crossed for their country to win the World Cup for a sixth time, but one family have a few more fingers crossed than others. Fourteen members of the Da Silva family, who live near Brasilia, were born with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. The […]