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Mystery surrounds remote village where half the population is deaf
4-22-2025 |
6
A village nestled in the Turkish hills is home to an ongoing mystery that scientists are struggling to explain.
Study challenges idea that Easter Island's people committed 'ecocide'
6-24-2024 | 2
There may have simply been a much smaller population of people living on the island all along.
New study finds link between Bigfoot sightings and bear populations
1-22-2024 | 29
New research suggests that black bears could account for a significant percentage of Bigfoot sightings.
40% of the world's population believes in witches, study claims
11-24-2022 | 21
Belief in witches and witchcraft is so widespread that in some countries as many as 9 in 10 people believe in them.
Mysterious town in Japan is obsessed with UFOs and aliens
VIDEO 1-17-2022 | 15
With a population of just 1,900, the small and curious town of Iino lies just outside of Fukushima city.
Missing persons 'eaten by Yowie', hunter claims
9-12-2021 | 53
One Australian man is absolutely convinced that the Yowie - Australia's answer to Bigfoot - is the real deal.
Tracker: UK has 'viable population' of big cats
10-12-2020 | 17
One of the UK's top big cat trackers believes that there is a viable, breeding population of exotic cats in the wild.
750M GM mosquitoes to be released in Florida
6-19-2020 | 19
A plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes has been condemned as a 'Jurassic Park experiment'.
'Murder hornets' have reportedly entered the US
VIDEO 5-3-2020 | 41
An invasive species of giant hornet has the potential to devastate honey bee populations, experts have warned.
Gorillas may also be susceptible to coronavirus
3-30-2020 | 8
Researchers have warned that COVID-19 may pose a serious risk to endangered gorilla populations in Africa.
Mammoths survived until just 4,000 years ago
10-10-2019 | 20
A population of woolly mammoths still roamed the Earth at the time the Egyptian pyramids were being built.
'Miracle' as bees survive Notre Dame blaze
VIDEO 4-20-2019 | 8
Three hives containing a population of over 180,000 bees were left unscathed by this week's devastating fire.
Insect decline could cause 'collapse of nature'
2-11-2019 | 14
A new comprehensive review has highlighted a worrying decline in insect populations across the world.
Gorillas are starting to develop webbed feet
12-30-2018 | 6
An ever-shrinking gene pool due to population decline has been producing some unexpected mutations.
'Bugpocalypse' sees major decline in insects
10-16-2018 | 7
A worrying new study has highlighted the catastrophic effects of global warming on insect populations.
Hawking feared rise of enhanced 'superhumans'
10-14-2018 | 15
The late physicist predicted that genetic engineering will ultimately render half of the world's population obsolete.
It's official - cats are rubbish at catching rats
9-30-2018 | 12
A new study has cast doubt on the practice of releasing cats in to cities to help curb rat populations.
Mountain gorilla population now exceeds 1,000
5-31-2018 | 6
Conservationists have reported that the number of gorillas in one region of Rwanda has now doubled.
Aztec epidemic mystery may have been solved
1-16-2018 | 5
500 years ago, a deadly epidemic known as 'cocoliztli' killed nearly 80 per cent of the Aztec population.
New group of ancient Native Americans found
1-3-2018 | 11
Known as the ancient Beringians, this new group split from the founding population 20,000 years ago.
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