Ricky Gervais: Animals give me a funny feeling
Scourge-of-Hollywood-shock-comic-atheist Ricky Gervais has described how seeing an animal gives him a “funny feeling” in a confession likely to further enrage his god-fearing critics. Read More »
Cops thwart German mail-order tarantula invasion
A German man has admitted smuggling hundreds of live tarantulas into the United States and elsewhere in the world through the post. Read More »
Outrage as rogue ‘Citizen Kane’ zebras shot by ranchers
Three zebras descended from the inhabitants of American newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst’s private zoo have been shot by local ranchers after straying onto their land. Read More »
Town feared raining blackbirds meant end of world nigh
Police chiefs in Arkansas have described how local residents feared the world was ending as thousands of blackbirds started raining on their heads on New Year’s Eve. Read More »
Blackbirds fall from sky, fish die in thousands in Arkansas
Wildlife officials in Arkansas are investigating what caused the sudden deaths of hundreds of blackbirds and thousands of fish over the weekend. Read More »
Helicopter pilot helps stranded calf skate to safety
A calf which became stranded on a frozen pond has been rescued thanks to a quick-witted helicopter pilot who used the draught from his rotor blades to blow the animal to safety. Read More »
Birdwatching boffins spy on woodpeckers from space
The twitcher’s tools have traditionally been binoculars, notebook and pen, but birdwatching boffins at an American university are now using lasers on a NASA satellite in their search for woodpeckers. Read More »
Dozy surfer Dick Van Dyke: Porpoises saved my life
In a story more fantastical than “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” or “Mary Poppins”, dozy faux-cockney chimney sweep Dick Van Dyke has revealed how his life was saved by a pod of porpoises as he caught some zzzzs instead of waves while surfing. Read More »