When most people have a tree blocking their path, they choose to go around it. But that wasn’t really an option for F1 and rally car driver, Robert Kubica. Tearing round a bend, Kubica miscalculated his turn, and being faced with a rapidly approaching tree he chose to hold his line and mow the wood down rather than swerve.
A faulty oil transfer between a tanker and a seabed pipeline on Saturday has resulted in some 50,000 litres of oil being spilled onto Thai beaches. The main impact zone is Ao Prao beach on Koh Samet island.
Introducing Kyle Kandilian, the the Michigan-Dearborn University student that lives with about 200,000 cockroaches. According to Detroit Free Press, Kandilian has this hobby for two reasons. One is for fun and the other is to help him pay for his education. The 20-year-old has a room that’s stacked up with 130 varieties of roach that can be purchased […]
The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial government is backing a R500 million plan to create a 7km cableway for the Drakensberg. The cableway is good way to increase tourism to KwaZulu-Natal.
A black bear walked into a bar in Estes Park, Colorado. The strange thing is though that none of the patrons inside noticed the 158kg and 1,8m tall bear. Fortunately he was caught on a security camera.
This may just be the cutest thing we’ve ever seen. Jiff the next Wonder Dog is an adorable Pomeranian with mad skills. In the video above, the fluff-ball shows us his talents from handstands to skateboarding. The star has gleaned over 500,000 likes on his personal Facebook page and also has an agent incase the 3-year-old […]
These marine scientists went to great lengths to save this endangered grey nurse shark off Byron Bay in Australia. Marine scientists lassoed the shark around its body and brought it to the surface before removing the hook.
Incredible CCTV footage has surfaced showing the train crash in the northern Spanish region of Galicia as it happened.
The North Pole Environmental Observatory has stated that the summer ice in the North Pole is melting away. Where there used to be snow, there is now meltwater.
Meet Shrek the sheep. Shrek is not fond of having his hair cut. In fact he was so against the idea that every year when it was time for spring shearing, Shrek pulled a fast one and hid out in a cave to save his wooly locks.
Two divers came very close to becoming whale food. The humpback whales were lunge feeding and as they reached the surface, they had a very close encounter with the divers.
Two people have died in a plane crash near Gauteng’s Lanseria Airport this morning. A light aircraft carrying multiple passengers downed near the the airport on Thursday morning, killing two occupants. It is not known whether the plane crashed on approach, or take off. While used on a daily basis for large commercial flights, Lanseria […]
After retuning from a holiday in Peru, Rochelle Harris started hearing scratching noises in her head. Harris recalled pulling a fly from her ear while in Peru, but took no notice of it.
A firefighter took the time to rescue the life of Lucky the kitten from a burning home in Fresno, California. The entire act was caught on a helmet cam.
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crash landed last weekend has horrific images but no video to show what in fact went wrong. An animated video by Jack Suchocki, an airline pilot and forensic animator, has since been released showing a rendering of the accident that took place last Saturday. According to YouTube, “All times, speeds, distances and scaling […]
The Mosquito. You know the noise, you know the feeling, but you don’t know why the heck in a room of 10 people, you come out looking like you’ve caught some foreign disease. An article in the Smithsonian covered the question: “Why do mosquitos bite some people more than others?” We’ve taken the most important ideas […]
The National Transportation Safety Board has tweeted more pictures from the crash of Asiana Airlines flight 214. The airplane crash landed on the runway of the San Francisco International Airport on Saturday 6 July 2013.
China’s Sichuan province has been hit with days of torrential rainfall causing deadly floods and landslides in the province. Some 220,000 people have been relocated, with 31 dead and 166 missing thus far.
Remember the pictures of the impala that jumped into the 4X4 via the rear passenger window in Kruger Park while escaping death by Cheetah mauling? Those were amazing, but video is better. And you’ll be pleased to know that there is now a video.
When this creature was discovered, the first thought that came to mind was that somebody had discovered an alien. Of course others had their opinions of what the creature could be.
Searching for a rare wood went horribly wrong for six men after they accidentally killed a tiger cub in a trap. Tigers have since been circling the base of the tree where the five men have been trapped for days.
Every year in Spain thousands of participants are chased down the streets by bulls. This is part of the annual Running of the Bulls festival. This is what has been happening at this year’s festival.
Arachnologist Chris Buddle explains that your ‘spider bite’ is more likely to be from other insects or due to an infection.
A surfer at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was knocked unconscious by a 15m whale. The whale and the surfers were 30m from shore when the incident occurred.
This impala was trying to get to safety when it decided to jump inside an SUV to avoid being lunch for a few cheetahs. This was a game drive through the Kruger National Park with a difference.
Cuuuuute! For those of you who don’t know what a Goldberg Machine is, you have obviously never had the luxury of playing the classic board game, Mouse Trap. A Goldberg Machine is in fact a kind of contraption that deliberately performs a simple task, in a complex and over-the-top manner. Purina’s Beneful, a dog food and snacks […]
The number of rhinos poached during 2013 is fast becoming close to that of the total number of rhinos poached during 2012. Now the South African government is proposing a once-off sale of legal rhino horns.
There is nothing better than an ice-cold Coke and the Coca-Cola Co in Cartagena Columbia, along with Ogilvy & Mather Columbia, decided to use some fun to get this icy point across. Click through to check out the awesome video.
On Monday in Tanzania, United States President Barack Obama issued an executive order and initiative to help combat illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa. Click through to find out more.
On Sunday the terrible Yarnell Hill Wildfire took the lives of 19 firefighters (14 in their twenties). The tragic ordeal in Arizona engulfed the whole of the elite Granite Mountain Hotshots area at a crazy speed, leaving them no chance. Click through to see the time-lapse video of the size and speed of the disaster.