The whole of Italy has been placed in lockdown as the death toll reaches 827 and 12,000 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19, making it the most severely affected country in Europe Coronavirus has now been declared a global pandemic…
Fossils of rudist bivalves such as this one (Vaccinites) discovered in the United Arab Emirates’ Al-Hajar Mountains, provide valuable insight into the late Cretaceous. When dinosaurs still left fresh footprints on the mud, our planet twirled around faster than it…
Two rare white giraffes spotted in Kenya’s Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy in 2017. Rangers at a nature conservancy in Garissa County, Kenya, have discovered the skeletal remains of two rare white giraffes that went missing several months ago. According to…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has finally declared a pandemic over COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, after it spread to more than 100 countries and lead to tens of thousands of cases in a span of a…
The skull is all that’s left of this 99-million-year-old hummingbird-size dinosaur. About 99 million years ago, a “super weird” and incredibly small bird-like dinosaur got stuck in a gob of tree resin that eventually hardened into amber, preserving what may…
Her symptoms didn’t feel like a “normal” cold or flu. A couple of days ago, Caitlin Sweeney, a 34-year-old woman who lives in Brooklyn, New York, developed a dry cough, a sore throat, fatigue and slight nasal congestion. Sweeney, who…
Teenager Jake Milbank was badly injured in the December eruption which killed 21 people on the White Island and has been in hospital ever since A teenage tour guide who was badly injured when a volcano erupted in New Zealand,…
The child’s mother and grandmother were taken to a mental hospital in southern Ukraine after the girl was stripped to her underpants and poured with freezing water The girl’s mother and grandmother were taken to a mental hospital for examinations…
The centenarian is the oldest person to have returned to health after being diagnosed with the disease, reported Xinhua news agency The pensioner, who was receiving treatment at a hospital in Wuhan, China, is the oldest known person to have…
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has called this his country’s “darkest hour” as the death toll soared to 631 on Tuesday with new restrictions leaving tourist attractions empty and huge queues outside food shops People keep a safe distance while…