offbeat

'Lonely' dolphin befriends local children in Baltic Sea

A dolphin has turned up at Kiel harbour and has become very friendly with the local children, taking them for rides on its fins.

polar bear

Polar bear cub Lili leaps into public's hearts in Bremen

Polar bear cub Lili made her first public appearance at Bremerhaven Zoo on Tuesday, where she frolicked in a pool with her mother.

offbeat

Not-so-wild boar finds home in herd of cows

Species is no barrier for Germany's four-legged population, it seems, as for the second time in as many months, a wild boar has cosied up to a herd of cows.

Animals

Three tiny monkeys stolen from German zoo

Three pygmy marmosets - the world's smallest monkey species - have been stolen from a zoo in the western German city of Dortmund, police said on Wednesday.