It takes most suppliers years to convince supermarkets to carry their product. For Elsa Amiss it was a simple walk in the (duck) park. Yesterday, this entreprenuerial 10-year old won the 'Food Champion of The Year Award' for her fledgling duck egg business....

Where is that remote? - Somehow those pesky remotes have a way of disappearing - under the sofa or rug or that blanket you snuggled into the last night. Fear not, as usual some brilliant scientists have come up with a way to make your life easier - change the television channel or volume by simply waving your hand!...

All sculptors have a favorite medium they like to work with. Some like marble, others bronze - for Chris Gilmour, it is the humble cardboard........and glue. For that's all he uses to build amazing sculptures irrespective of whether they are life-size or small replicas...

Elephants have always been known to be amongst the smartest of animals. They have an amazing memory, are among the few species of animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror and now it turns out, they can even do simple Math....

A two or three month old humpback calf has been spotted near the waters off the coast of Sydney, Australia, nuzzling up to a moored boat. Scientists believe that the poor baby believes the boat to be its lost mother....

Hyperion, the world's tallest tree, is a beautiful coastal redwood that stands proudly in the old redwood forests of Northern California, spanning 379-feet above the ground....

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Life in Harry Potter land certainly became more exciting the day he received that package with the invisibility cloak from Dumbledore. If scientists in Berkeley, California are to be believed - our lives may become as exciting soon!...

Liu Xiannghui's 98-year old grandmother, who rarely asked for anything, had a wish - She wanted to watch the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics live. How could Liu refuse...

The Bristol Zoo in the UK showed off their latest new addition - this cute Chinese matchbox turtle, which hatched about three weeks ago. The baby turtle weighs only 15 gms (52 ounces) and measures about 4 centimeters long....

Described as 'delicious sweet, but at the same time well balanced', these Ruby Roman grapes are being touted in Japan as the 'dream grapes' - with a price tag of almost $910USD for 1.5 lbs or about $30USD per grape, one would expect nothing less!...

Evie, a beautiful white-tailed sea eagle with a wingspan of over 8ft and talons as big as a man's hand has an unusual hobby - she loves to chase after tennis balls!...

Most stories on endangered animals end on a sad note - however here is one that is really exciting and uplifting. Last Tuesday, the U.S. based Wildlife Conservation Society announced that they had found over 125,000 rare endangered gorillas in the swamps of Congo, Africa....

Murphy,a leprechaun gnome led a rather boring life. Year after year, he sat in Eve Stuart-Kelso's garden in Gloucestershire, UK, and watched the world go by. On a good day he would see some interesting cars; on a bad day, the neighborhood cats would pee on him. Then one day everything changed....

Tired of all your summer toys? Here's a new one that might perk up your interest - a ball that bounces in water. Known as the Waboba Ball, it has become this year's must-have summer toy all over the world....

It's been a while since the folks at Disney introduced a new princess. The last one was in 1998 when a beautiful Chinese princess called Mulan stole our hearts. Be ready to fall in love again - this time with Tiana, a gorgeous 19-year old African American princess coming to theatres in 2009....

In case you missed the spectacular total Solar eclipse on Friday August 1st, here are some pictures and video taken from various parts of the world....

Three Beluga Whales at the Aquas aquarium in Hamada, Japan are delighting visitors by all sorts of tricks such as juggling balls and twisting through hoops. However, their best and most unusual trick - blowing air bubbles....

Rabbits are cute and cuddly and now it turns out also very smart and loyal - at least this bunny from Australia is. Imaginatively called 'Rabbit' by his family, he is credited with saving their lives by waking them up when their house was burning down....

Millions of commuters who use the Waterloo train station in London, are in for a special treat this week - Wads and Wads of money spilling out of an over-stuffed bank vault - Is this for real? Or are your eyes deceiving you?...

In the wild, both leopards and crocodiles are dangerous predators. While crocodiles are known to attack and kill leopards, a reversal in roles has never been encountered until recently, when the two were seen battling it out at a Game Reserve in South Africa....

Imagine walking along the ocean and finding a bottle with a message - except the message is not someone looking for help, but someone looking for a friend. If that's not exciting enough - how about if that person actually ends up being a really good friend for the rest of your life?...

Harnessing ocean tides to provide consumers with electricity moved closer to becoming a reality early last week, when the first ever commercial electricity powered by the tides was put on the National Grid in Britain....

When the people of Peru in South America, say they love Guinea Pigs, the really mean it! This weekend thousands of them gathered to celebrate the third annual Guinea Pig Festival in the small coastal town of Huacho near Peru's capital Lima....