A 21-year-old American woman has been officially certified by Guinness as having the world's longest tongue, measuring a whopping 9.7 cm.

Chanel Tapper, from Houston, US, shot to fame as a 13-year-ol

Trip of a lifetime turned out to be a nightmare for a German traveller, who is feared to have been eaten by cannibals in South Pacific.

Stefan Ramin, 40, had set off to traverse the globe, in his se

Yeti, an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, India and Tibet, has long been regarded as a legend, given the lack of conclusive evidence of its existence.

But, Russian off

A webcam has been installed at the world's highest point to get live view of Mt. Everest to study more accurately the effects of climate change on the tallest peak.

The scientists have installed the

Authorities in Brazil's Piaui state are racing to act against a rising piranha population that has already injured nearly 100 beachgoers and is now threatening to shut the beach down.

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A necklace once worn by a passenger on the ill-fated ocean liner the Titanic has been stolen from a traveling exhibit in Copenhagen, the exhibit venue said on Monday.

The necklace was stolen on Satur

Berlin police are investigating the story of an English-speaking teenager who appeared in the German capital last week saying he had lived the previous five years in the woods with his father, a spoke

The British teenager killed by a polar bear in the Norwegian Arctic on Friday was named by the organisers of the expedition as Horatio Chapple, a young man who wanted to become a doctor.

"Having spok

A 51-year-old Nepalese climber scaled Mount Everest for the 21st time on Wednesday, extending his own record for the number of successful ascents of the world's highest mountain, a spokesman said.

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An 82-year-old former Nepalese foreign minister has died on the slopes of Mount Everest while attempting to become the oldest person to climb the world's highest mountain, an official said on Tuesday.