World News Articles

It wasn't too long ago that Leonid Stadnyk, who is 8 ft 5.5.inches tall, snagged the title of the World's tallest man from Bao Xishun (7ft 8.95 inches) of China. However, this week, Bao once again regained the title he once so cherished....

A two or three month old humpback calf has been spotted near the waters off the coast of Sydney, Australia, nuzzling up to a moored boat. Scientists believe that the poor baby believes the boat to be its lost mother....

To celebrate the end of summer, beachgoers at the beach resort of Rimini, Italy, were treated to something really special - Super sized beach toys!...

He waddled out of his enclosure as just Nils Olav, an honorary Colonel-In-Chief, but waddled back as 'Sir' Nils Olav, earning the highest honor ever awarded to .............A Penguin!...

Liu Xiannghui's 98-year old grandmother, who rarely asked for anything, had a wish - She wanted to watch the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics live. How could Liu refuse...

The Bristol Zoo in the UK showed off their latest new addition - this cute Chinese matchbox turtle, which hatched about three weeks ago. The baby turtle weighs only 15 gms (52 ounces) and measures about 4 centimeters long....

Described as 'delicious sweet, but at the same time well balanced', these Ruby Roman grapes are being touted in Japan as the 'dream grapes' - with a price tag of almost $910USD for 1.5 lbs or about $30USD per grape, one would expect nothing less!...

You may have heard of couples getting married inside airplanes, but this British couple took their wedding vows while strapped onto the wings of biplanes, flying at an altitude of 1000 ft. As for the Reverend who married them? He was also on a similar plane and ......... strapped backwards!...

Evie, a beautiful white-tailed sea eagle with a wingspan of over 8ft and talons as big as a man's hand has an unusual hobby - she loves to chase after tennis balls!...