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Eilish Rothney said she first noticed the nest in June after being out conducting surveys on the reserves she manages. Photo: Eilish Rothney

Giant wasp nest forces Norfolk wildlife manager out of office

Eilish Rothney, who manages a nature reserve in Ormesby St Michael, first discovered the nest on 11 June after returning from several weeks conducting surveys on the Trinity Broads

This small interloper triggered a police deployment. Photo: Polizei Südosthessen/dpa/picture alliance

German police hunt supermarket 'burglar', finds a hedgehog instead

Representational image. Photo: Pixabay

Why mosquitoes love some people more than others — and why it's probably not 'sweet blood'

Photo shows an ant created using AI and synchrotron scans. Photo: Science Daily

Scientists build digital library of ants using AI, synchrotron scans

Photo: Pano / diyAudio

The $100,000 banana: Audiophile cable myths meet mud, fruit and physics

A 91-year-old grandmother loves watching TV dramas so much that she becomes angry and even hits the TV screen when her favourite characters are wronged. Photo: Douyin

This 91-year-old grandma slaps the TV to defend beloved characters

Photo: Collected

'Tuna King' pays record $3.2m for bluefin at Tokyo auction

Photo: Hindustan Times

When nature calls, HR answers: China's bathroom break that went to court

A brown bear gnaws at the cage it is trapped in in Sunagawa, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, 16 October 2024. REUTERS/Sakura Murakami/File Photo

No picnic: How to survive a bear encounter in Japan

Tony Scott stands with the pumpkin he grew in his Wappingers Falls, NY, backyard on 17 September 2025. Photo: UNB/AP/Shelby Lum

The science behind growing a giant pumpkin

Egyptian wrestler Ashraf Mahrous, better known as Kabonga, pulls a 700-ton ship across the water with a rope held only by his teeth at the marina of the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. Photo: Amr Nabil/AP

Egyptian 'strongman' pulls 700-ton ship with his teeth—and isn’t stopping there

Biosphere 2

Inside Earth’s miniature twin: How Biosphere 2 redefined view of the blue orb

Photo: Cluely

Expelled from Columbia for cheating, funded millions for scaling it