Monster Swiss mushroom found
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Swiss scientists find what they say may be Europe's biggest mushroom - the size of about 50 football pitches.
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New Zealand fishermen may have caught the largest Colossal squid ever found -- weighing around 450kg (992 pounds) and with rings the size of tyres.
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A German whose lower jaw was cut out because of cancer has eaten his first solid meal in nine years â- bratwurst sandwich â -er surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle
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Bloody end to Bavarian sciurine rampage A battling German septuagenarian brought to a swift and bloody end a crazed squirrel rampage in Passau, Bavaria, by knocking the animal to the ground with his zimmer frame and squashing it, Ananova reports.â¦
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She's as much an emblem, and a tourist draw, as tartan, bagpipes, and shortbread. And now Nessie's back. An amateur scientist has captured what Loch Ness Monster watchers say is among the finest footage ever taken of the elusive mythical creature reputed to swim beneath the waters of Scotland's most mysterious lake.
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An ancient tree trunk unearthed by a landslide in southeastern Switzerland nearly two years ago is more than 28 centuries old, local authorities said Thursday.
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Vienna - The man who 13 years ago discovered the frozen remains of a prehistoric iceman in an Alpine glacier was found dead in the Austrian Alps on Saturday, eight days after he went missing, rescue authorities said.
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PARIS, Feb. 19 -- Two masterworks that were stolen from a Zurich art museum last week were found in good condition Monday in an unlocked car parked outside a nearby psychiatric hospital, Swiss police said Tuesday. Two other paintings are still missing, they said.
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A &quot;monster&quot; cockroach and other new insects have been discovered in the jungles of Borneo, scientists say. An expedition of caves and cliffs, led by the Nature Conservancy, also said it saw previously unknown fish and plants.
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Swiss scientists have discovered what they believe is Europe's biggest fungus, stretching wide under an Alpine forest.
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One person is dead and another remains in critical condition after eating so-called âdeath capâ mushrooms collected in the Oakland Hills over the weekend, according to Alameda County health officials.
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Fossilised skull of one tonne rat nicknamed Mighty Mouse is unearthed in South America
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Investigators said a handgun recovered from the bottom of a Swedish lake is one of the most important finds in the 20-year-old search for the killer of Prime Minister Olof Palme &#151; an unexpected discovery that could breathe new life into a troubled investigation.
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VIENNA Austrian officials have recovered the body of a missing German climber who won fame when he found a mummified 5,300-year-old human body in the Alps in 1991.
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Paleontologists have discovered the skull of the giant panda&#39;s earliest known ancestor, a &quot;pygmy-sized&quot; bear that lived in south China about two million years ago, according to a study released Monday.
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A rapid technique for isolating DNA in hair provides a new route to study the genetics of extinct creatures.
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Paintings stolen in one of the world's largest art robberies discovered in a Zurich hospital car park