The hot weather in Germany is good news for wasps, but not necessarily for people. Here’s what you need to know if you encounter the stinging critters this summer.
Berliners are protesting - online and in person - against the possible culling of a peaceful pig dubbed Elsa who gained worldwide fame for stealing a nudist's laptop bag as a chase ensued.
A wild boar that went viral after stealing a
nudist's laptop by a lake in German capital Berlin last week could be caught
up in a local cull, an official said Friday.
Germany's oldest national park celebrates its 50th birthday this week. A journey through its "ancient woods" reveals a world of deadly beetles and busy beavers.
Sniffer dogs, drones and electrified fences:
Germany is deploying a full array of defences to stop boars from bringing
swine fever into the country and avert a disaster for its thriving pork industry.
The urban landscape of Berlin may not be well known for its wildlife. But a descendant of biologist Charles Darwin has found the city is attracting one particularly loud bird.
The Black Forest was voted the most popular destination amongst our readers. It was mine too - but, perhaps, for all the wrong reasons. It took an icy winter trip to find out.
Ancient forests, romantic meadows, crystal-clear lakes – Germany is graced with many natural wonders. So, it’s no surprise that strolling through nature is as German as grilling sausages.
There were 500 cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) last year in Germany, the second highest number ever recorded, according to researchers at the Robert Koch Institute.
A district court in Frankfurt on Friday ruled that a woman who sued her neighbour for close to €4,000 in damages to her car must deal with nuts falling from trees.
Researchers in Germany have documented a steep decline in flying insects at dozens of nature reserves in the past three decades, and agricultural pesticides may be to blame, said a study on Wednesday.
Naked people pretending to be giraffes standing between cars or acting like monkeys climbing trees have become a regular sight in Stuttgart this summer, due to an artistic campaign in the name of nature and freedom.
Stuttgart's ambitious S21 rail project has suffered from delays, spiralling costs and almost constant protests from the start. But one of the reasons behind the set-backs is much smaller (and scalier) than you'd expect.
Orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos are the nearest relatives of humans in the primate world, and like us, they can tell when a person is wrong in their beliefs, researchers said Wednesday.
Apparently there are too many beavers in Bavaria. But they're also simultaneously under protection status. Luckily those clever southerners have found a solution.
It's news every arachnophobe in Munich is no doubt thrilled to hear: two types of spider new to the region have been discovered in the Bavarian capital - and one of them bites!
Rewe, Germany’s second largest supermarket chain, is banning plastic bags from its stores, a move it says will save 140 million of them from ending up in the trash each year.
Fire services in Munich were called to the rescue on Tuesday after a beaver’s celebrity-sized rear end got into a spot of bother in the southern city.
Wolves are once again roaming the forests of Germany after being wiped out over a century ago. The government is now providing nearly half a million Euros to teach people how to live with them in peace.
Eight dead sperm whales have washed up on a German beach, just weeks after 12 of the giant mammals were found dead at other sites on the North Sea, officials said Monday.
In a unique event, two sperm whales have washed up together on the German North Sea coast. Experts suspect the pair mistakenly took a detour into the shallow waters between Britain and Europe.
