Plant blog blossoms in Japan

A potted plant on the counter of a cafe near Tokyo joins the blogging community. more »

Extraordinary vineyard

Inmates at a jail in Portugal produce award-winning wines as they serve their sentences. more »

Digger Dance

A 5 tonne digger moves hearts as well as earth in a unique dance duet. more »

Prayers for bankers

As governments around the world bail out their banks, a priest in Germany is giving bankers a chance to ask for help from on high during the financial crisis. more »

Nepal's new three-year-old goddess

Authorities in Nepal have enthroned a three-year-old girl as a new Kumari, or "living goddess", in a centuries-old ritual the new government has allowed to continue. more »

So long and thanks for all the fish!

Penguins washed up on beaches in north-eastern Brazil head back to their natural habitat. more »

Mammals in extinction crisis

An international conservation group says a quarter of the world's mammals face extinction. more »

Monkey waiters in Japan

Hard pressed to find good helping hands these days? Not bothered that these helping hands may not be human? more »

Death by beetle

Canadian forests are being ravaged by the voracious mountain pine beetle. more »

Serious monkey business in India

An Indian man has come up with a novel way of making ends meet - he's dresses as a monkey to scare away monkeys for money. more »