Stories by BANG Bizarre

French diners are fuelling a wipe-out of frogs. It has been claimed that their "voracious appetite" for the amphibian delicacy is leading to a dwindling number of species in Indonesia, Turkey and Albania. Up to 200 million wild frogs are...

Nithya Raja, 38, and Zakia Sulthana, 24, were caught carrying a host of animals – including 50 chameleons and 35 turtles – on to a flight from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Sathon Konggoen, the chief of the wildlife...

A new study has found that those in power live an average of 4.5 years longer than those who they represent. Researchers at the University of Oxford analysed health data from 11 countries and more than 57,000 politicians dating back to the early...

Researchers have surveyed over 7,000 people from countries around the world and found that a majority of the population would be content if they only had $10 million to live an "absolutely ideal life". The study, led by psychologists at...

Burhan Demir took his younger brother to the hospital when he complained of abdominal pains and the medics were astonished to discover 233 items in his stomach after performing an endoscopy. The patient, named only as Z, had coins, batteries,...

A new study shows that middle-aged people who could not hold the position are more likely to be overweight, have high blood pressure and type two diabetes. Only 4.5 per cent of people who passed the test have died within the last seven years,...

Deaf concertgoers have been given the chance to "feel the music" with a futuristic suit. The harnesses fasten at the wrists, ankles and torso and are designed to vibrate in time to the beat, avoiding the need for the hard-of-hearing to...

New Zealand is planning to tax the burps of cows and sheep. The proposal would make the country the first in the world to charge farmers for the gases emitted from their livestock, and aims to tackle one of the nation's biggest sources of...

Females are normally responsible for 56 out of 80 household jobs, while men are in charge of just 23 - research from the housework app Choreful has revealed. The only task that both sexes share is shopping for treats for the children. The app's...

A new study from Birkbeck University has revealed that following a vegan, vegetarian and pescatarian diet boosts the memory compared to meat treats like sausages and beef burgers. Previous studies have found numerous links between diet and physical...

Scientists have claimed that global warming could be responsible for a dinner-time favourite disappearing from plates. A team of Danish experts say that the global harvest of tomatoes will halve, with the varieties used in ketchup set to be the...