A California family’s home was overrun by more than 800 migrating birds in a scene similar to that of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie The Birds. Video footage shows the flock performing murmurations above the house before hundreds shoot down the chimney of the family’s house in Torrance. The birds, which appear to be swifts, can be … Read more
Las Vegas is one of the brightest-lit cities in the US that attracts people from around the world, but the artificial lights also lured 46 million grasshoppers in one summer night in 2019. A new study analyzed the invasion using radar data, finding that artificial light awakened the rather idle insects and did so in … Read more
Un-BEE-lievable! Man transports bee colony by holding the queen in his fist and letting the insects swarm over his arm as he walks through the streets A Dominican beekeeper adopted an extreme method to transport a colony Shocking footage shows the man with thousands of bees covering his entire arm The worker appears unfazed as … Read more
Even the great and good are struggling during lockdown. I hear that Dame Joan Collins contacted the police yesterday after being confronted by the sight of scaffolders with no face coverings climbing all over her flat in London’s Belgravia. ‘Woke up to find two workmen on my balcony not wearing masks and several of them … Read more
Bees-y Jet: Two passenger planes are grounded hours apart in India after a massive swarm of BEES land on the aircraft Swarm of bees caused chaos at Kolkata airport this week after settling on jets Bees first swarmed on a plane 4pm Sunday, delaying the flight by an hour Insects then returned Monday morning, again … Read more
President Donald Trump’s supporters have swarmed the streets of Washington DC to support his longshot legal challenges to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Pro-Trump groups plan to rally in Freedom Plaza at noon on Saturday, and began filling the streets hours before the official start time. Left-wing activists vowed to counter-protest the event, raising fears … Read more
Britain’s first ‘full-scale’ trial of rental e-scooters has been launched today in Milton Keynes. Locals and visitors will have access to 500 of Lime’s motorised vehicles to use on the road after the Government legalised e-scooter hire services last month. Users will pay £1 via a smartphone app to unlock the machines and 20p a … Read more
Swarm of WASPS attacks children at German school, leaving 16 hospitalised and 11 needing emergency treatment Children were stung at the Adolf Reichwein secondary school in Lüdenscheid The city is around an hour’s drive northeast of the German of Cologne City hospital said they treated 13 kids – 11 of whom needed emergency care While it’s … Read more
Dozens of protesters are arrested and one officer is hurt after swarm of ‘armed anarchists’ wielding axes and guns descend on Denver Police HQ and ‘shoot fireworks at cops and set trees on fire’ The group, consisting of between 50 to 75 demonstrators, were said to be wielding a varying degree of weapons – from … Read more
MIDGE-AGEDDON! Horrified camper films from inside his tent after being trapped by swarm of flying critters that thrived over the hot and wet summer Alex Nail, 33, intended to photograph sunset in the Highlands but was unable to The photographer was trapped in his tent by a swarm of millions of midges He recorded the … Read more