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More than 500 people in a village in Peru’s Amazon have been bitten by rabid vampire bats in attacks that have left four children dead. Deforestation has been blamed for the attacks, in and around the village of Urakusa – as the bats have been brought into closer proximity...

Every time Jerry Douthett puts on a pair of socks he will be reminded of the time Kiko, his Jack Russel terrier, saved his life. Douthett, a musician, had been carrying a foot infection for a while, and had been keeping it a secret. He explained: It smelled, and...

When a three-meter great white washed up onto Hungry Head Beach in front of Andrew Eckersley, he could have been forgiven for keeping a safe, respectful distance. Instead, he and an anonymous wetsuit-clad surfer rushed to its aid and rescued it by hand. Eckersley explained: It was pretty scary...

A couple accused of tying up and torturing a teenage employee told a Darwin court that they did so because a Vietnamese fortune teller told them that she was stealing. dos Santos, 18, described a family-like atmosphere between herself and the Trans to the court, that got a little...

A Northern Territory woman was stalked near the Honeymoon Ranges by a well-endowed two-meter kangaroo with love on his mind. Natasha Civitarese, a 23-year-old school teacher, told the NT News that she came face to face with the animal while in the middle of a 5km walk on the...

The man who coached the lackluster North Korean soccer team may end up paying for his poor performance with his life – or at the very least, his liberty. The return of the national soccer team was not met with celebration or even commiseration. The team, minus its two...

A family fishing trip went unexpectedly badly for 14-year-old Kora Wira when a 42-inch barracuda jumped into their boat and bit her on the arm. Dad promptly dispatched the fish with a filleting knife, staunched the flow of blood on his daughter’s arm with a Red Sox shirt and...

This is one of those stories that borders on the unbelievably impossible, or the impossibly unbelievable, whichever you prefer.  Either way, when it comes down to brass tacks, the thought of a person living under your roof and eating your food, undetected for an entire year, is pretty darn...

Apparently the mob of hungry alligators in this video numbers around 300. While I am not in a position to confirm or deny the accuracy of the count, it is pretty safe to say that you don’t want to be swimming anywhere in Stephen C. Foster State Park. The...