Twin brothers have set a new European record by growing a pumpkin that weighs more than a Mini. Ian and Stuart Paton’s pumpkin weighed in at 1,457lb - more than 104 stone - and had to be lifted by forklift truck. It smashed the previous British record of 1,341lb set by father and son farmers Mark and [...]

Singer-songwriter Josh Pyke might have considered playing an upbeat version of Handel’s Water Music as he sailed across Sydney Harbour - but he was too busy keeping his floating guitar under control. Tourists stared in amazement as Josh steered the large guitar, complete with outboard motor, around the harbour, creating one of the strangest sights since [...]

When two white tiger cubs were born during a hurricane they had to be separated from their mother after their sanctuary flooded. However they have since found an unlikely surrogate mother in chimpanzee Anjana, who has taken on the role of caring for the cubs. These adorable images will melt even the most cynical of hearts. The two-year-old [...]

It is dressed from top to tail in snowy white, a stunning contrast to the drab plumage of the rest of the flock. But that’s not the only reason that this house sparrow was a lucky spot. The population of the birds, even the common brown ones, has been in sharp decline in recent years. Once so common [...]

Yachan may just look like a monkey in a costume, but this little grasshopper is an ape Zen master He’s a Kung Fu champ, or chimp, who’s risen to the level of black belt He can break wooden panels with his fists of furry and has enough mad skills to defeat Bruce Lee. His [...]

Jason Morrison has posted a poll on his personal website, inviting members of the public to vote on what he should call his baby, who is due in November. He has proposed 17 different names – nine if the baby is a girl, eight if it’s a [...]

Well the last thing any of us would do is laying it all on the asphalt as a beautiful mosaic right? Stefan Sagmeister of Sagmeister Inc. did just that during the first edition of Biennale, in Amsterdam. Entitled “Obsessions make my life worse and my work better“, Sagmeister’s work of art was made out of around [...]

A solid gold sculpture of British supermodel Kate Moss worth STG1.5 million ($A3.21 million) has been unveiled in London. The 50-kilogram work unveiled today is by artist Marc Quinn, previously famous for a controversial sculpture installed in London’s Trafalgar Square of a pregnant woman with no arms due to a medical condition. “I thought the next thing [...]

British scientists have filmed a species of fish said to be the deepest-dwelling ocean animal ever captured on camera. A team from Aberdeen University collaborated with their Tokyo counterparts to film the ghostly white Hadal snail fish off Japan’s east coast at a depth of 7,700m. The fish live in total darkness at a depth where the [...]

Is good customer service proving hard to find? One Japanese restaurant might have found the answer - it has turned to two monkeys to help with the table service. The Kayabukiya tavern, a traditional ’sake house’ north of Tokyo has employed a pair of uniformed Japanese macaque called Yat-chan and Fuku-chan to serve patrons. Twelve-year-old Yat-chan is [...]