Although the last reported sighting of the Kashmir musk deer was around 60 years ago, a Wildlife Conservation Society study confirms that these fanged beasts are still alive and kicking.

While the rest of the suckers-for-romance celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14, the practical people in China celebrate the more aptly named Singles Day every 11/11; indulging in heart-shaped soft toys, button-eyed teddies and chocolates.

Some 8,000 helium balloons have been released into the night sky over Germany's capital at the culmination of events to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Residents of Jinshicun village in China’s Hunan Province have discovered a rather crappy way to keep healthy.

It could be the first human settlement on another planet.

A French health watchdog has recommended that children under the age of six should not be allowed access to 3D content.

Topless protesters from the radical feminist group Femen turned up outside the Paris courthouse on Sunday afternoon, calling for an end to the court proceedings against two members of their group charged with indecent exposure.

A woman who turned 100 years old decided to do something that she'd never forget to celebrate her big day by going skydiving.