Elephants never forget a bee sting. Their eyes and the sensitive, soft tissue inside their trunks are particularly vulnerable to painful stings, and experts believe African elephants(Loxodonta africana) have learned over the centuries to recognize…
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#CarNews: GM launches peer-to-peer car sharing service on rental platform
General Motors said Tuesday it was launching a peer-to-peer car rental service to allow owners to make money by listing them as shared vehicles. The US auto giant said GM car owners would be able…
Ninth rhino dead after failed move to new park in Kenya
A ninth critically endangered black rhino has been reported dead after a botched operation to move the animals to a new reserve in southern Kenya, the country’s tourism minister said on Tuesday. Eight rhinos were…
Man with world’s longest fingernails cut them off after 66 years
A man with the world’s longest fingernails has cut them off after 66 years. Shridhar Chillal from India began growing them out in 1952 at the age of 14 when he accidentally broke his teacher’s…
Serena Williams dedicates Wimbledon performance to ‘all the mothers’
Serena Williams dedicated her performance at this year’s Wimbledon tennis championships to “all the mums out there”. The 36-year-old star – who gave birth to her daughter Alexis Olympia in September 2017 – returned to…
RIP: World’s Ugliest Dog dead at age 9
Zsa Zsa’s 15 minutes in the limelight are over: the copiously drooling English bulldog named the World’s Ugliest Dog just weeks ago has died. The nine-year-old canine died in her sleep Tuesday morning, owner Megan…
#WeirdNews: Electricity potential answer to the mystery of ‘flying’ spiders
Cloudy with a chance of… spiders? The phenomenon of “flying” spiders gliding into the air and traveling like balloons for hundreds of miles (kilometers) has a new possible explanation: the air’s natural electric charge. Aerial…
Scientists create embryos, hope to save near-extinct rhino
Scientists create embryos, hope to save near-extinct rhinoMonths after the death of Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino, scientists said Wednesday they have grown embryos containing DNA of his kind, hoping to save…
#FindOfTheWeek: The ultimate accessory that every travel junkie needs
If you are utterly consumed by wanderlust and constantly find yourself unpacking your suitcase only to pack it up ready for your next destination, then you’ve probably run into this little snag at some point…
Crows ‘reverse engineer’ tools from memory: study
New Caledonian crows use mental pictures to twist twigs into hooks and make other tools, according to a provocative study that suggests the notoriously clever birds pass on successful designs to future generations, a hallmark…