Cooldown for animals at Italy Zoo

23.18 Mon Jun 30
Animals at Rome zoo get cold showers and fruit lollipops to cope better with the heat. Lynsey Hooper has the story.

Kite flying takes off in Lebanon

21.35 Sat Jun 21
A Beirut kite festival has really taken off with Lebanese children. Lynsey Hooper has the story.

Indonesia's painted shoe craze

07.07 Fri Jun 20
Indonesian students are dumping designer label footwear for locally-made creations.

Rock n' Roll Auction

22.21 Wed Jun 18
John Lennon's motorbike and Elton John's piano go under the hammer. Lynsey Hooper has the story.

German skull mystery continues

23.53 Tue May 06
A two-year investigation into the skulls found at the grave of German poet Freidrich Schiller's shows neither to be a match.

Polar bear makes public bow

09.58 Thu Apr 17
A polar bear cub has made its first appearance in front of the cameras at a German zoo.

Treeman's treatment

09.19 Thu Apr 17
A man who became known as 'Treeman' after a disease left him with warty branch-like growths for hands and feet, is receiving treatment in

Sumo stars

03.57 Mon Apr 07
Sumo wrestlers gathered for an event at Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine to honour two-and-a-half million Japense war dead - but it seems the sport

World Frozen

07.32 Wed Apr 02
There's a new stunt called 'freeze' that swept cities across the world yesterday. It involves people stopping and freezing at the same tim

Slimy cuisine

02.46 Fri Mar 07
Snail, snake and horse - some odd things have made it on to the international menu. Now add to that list lamprey, a sea creature that's be

Rags to Riches

01.25 Fri Mar 07
This one is a story for all career women, all mothers and certainly all budding fashion designers. Lynsey Hooper reports....

Chinese Puppetry

13.29 Sat Mar 01
Chinese puppetry has been making a quiet comback in Indonesia despite once being discouraged by Indonesian government. Lynsey Hooper has t

Holy smoke!

04.43 Thu Feb 28
All this week cigar lovers are flocking to Cuba for the renowned Havana cigar festival....Lynsey Hooper takes a closer look at one tobacco

Valentine Pig

05.32 Thu Feb 14
Pigs are often associated with mud, snorting and lots of scoffing....not the most glamorous of farmyard animals. But, here's a piglet you'

This Is Genius: Weirdest videos of the week

20.46 Fri Feb 08
On this week's 'This Is Genius' - It's fight-tastic at the Mexican carnival, super hoodies arrive in the UK, a pig skin eating contest get

Parisian Kiss

19.25 Fri Feb 08
If you are looking for an excuse to get more kisses this Valentine's then head down to London's Carnaby Street. Lovebirds are needed to 'p

Rare white tiger cubs

18.05 Fri Feb 08
Three very rare white tiger cubs have been revealed to the public is Chile.

Rare white tiger cubs

16.05 Fri Feb 08
It's a special day for three very rare white tiger cubs in Chile. They're making their public debut at Santiago Zoo.

Pig skin eating contest

12.39 Mon Feb 04
Brace yourself - there's a new event in the speed-eating calendar. In New York, eager contestants have been battling it out to see who can

This Is Genius: The wierdest videos of the week

18.59 Fri Feb 01
On this week's 'This Is Genius' a robot shows off his Rubik's Cube skills, a monkey rides a dog at a US rodeo and cow goes on the rampage

Austria Speedride

12.52 Fri Jan 25
It's the season for skiing and snowboarding and many of us are heading to the likes of Austria for our winter break. But, whilst you're th

Ice-fishing

13.00 Sun Jan 20
Thousands of South Koreans have flocked to a frozen lake in Hwacheon to ice-fish

Dog Rescue

02.00 Fri Jan 04
A dog left stranded on a mountain in south-east Queensland has been rescued in a tricky operation.

Surf's up for doggie dudes

17.17 Mon Aug 20 2007
A dog surfing competition has been held in California for the second year in a row.