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Penguins on sky-high sightseeing tour of Big Apple

A pair African penguins were riding high on Wednesday (21 December) as they visited the One World Observatory in New York.

Bolivia

70 thousand baby turtles released into Bolivian rivers

A conservation effort in the Bolivian Amazon has seen over 100,000 baby turtles released into rivers, including the San Pedro and Itenez, located in the northeastern part of the…

Sweden

Female choir performs Christmas concert like goats for charity

A Swedish all-female choir performed a charity concert with a difference yesterday, December 18, as they put a new spin on Christmas carols by singing like…

Romania

Watch: Firefighter resuscitates dog using mouth-to-mouth and CPR

After a fire broke out at a block of flats in Pitesti, Romania, last Friday, December 9, one firefighter took it upon himself to resuscitate a dog that had collapsed due to smoke…

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Myanmar

Remarkable feathered dinosaur tail found in chunk of amber

Some 99 million years ago, a juvenile dinosaur got its feathery tail stuck in tree resin, a death trap for the small creature.

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Beard of bees

Egyptian beekeeper Mohamed Hagras grows a “beard of bees” to demonstrate the usefulness of the honey-producing insects and to show that they aren’t aggressive.

Kenya

Giraffes "vulnerable to extinction"

Giraffes have become the latest animal to be considered as being “vulnerable” to extinction.

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Brazilian beachgoers rescue dolphin stranded in shallow water

A group of man splash water on a dolphin after it became beached on Itacoatiara beach in Niteroi.

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That's neat tiger feet at Milwaukee Zoo

Three Amur tiger cubs have made their public debut at the Milwaukee County Zoo the pair wrestled and played with each other in front of excited visitors.

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Tiger feat - dog at German zoo helps raise abandoned cubs

A dog at a German zoo is helping to rear twin Bengal tiger cubs which were abandoned by their mother soon after birth, Safaripark Stukenbrock in northern Germany said on…

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Thai province thanks monkeys with annual fruit buffet

A province in Thailand famous for its monkey population laid out an annual fruit buffet on Sunday (November 27) to thank them for bringing in tourists and helping the local…

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Fu Ban and Fu Feng greet the world from Vienna

Vienna Zoo has officially unveiled the names of two baby pandas born in August.

World News

Trooper survives after home alone cats eat one another

A woman in Australia has been convicted of cruelty to animals after she abandoned 14 cats in her home in South Adelaide, Australia.

USA

Atlanta Zoo opens panda naming celebration to public vote

Parents often agonise over naming their offspring, with many unwanted suggestions.

World News

And also... the plight of the rock band named Trumps, a dying dog's last wish, and the footballer who lost his shorts during a match

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the international headlines French rock group called Trumps deci

Cult

Do you look like your dog?

It is often said that people look like their pets.

Spain

Bull set on fire during Spanish Toro Júbilo festival

Video released by PACMA, a Spanish political party focusing on animal rights, shows a bull being set alight at a festival in the Spanish town of Medinaceli.

Syria

Aleppo's famed cat sanctuary among recent victims in war-torn Syria

Aleppo's cat sanctuary, one of the last vestiges of life before the war, and now a symbol of the war's brutality, bombed in air strike

New Zealand

Stranded no more. Three cows left isolated after earthquake saved by owner

Farmer Derrick to the rescue! Three cows stranded in New Zealand after Monday's earthquake have been rescued by their owner.

World News

Fears of bird flu after several outbreaks hit farms in Europe

Several countries in Europe have reported outbreaks of the highly contagious bird flu strain H5N8.