23 h. ago Eerie theme park left to rot has dark secret lying in one of its crumbling rides

A once thriving theme park, which attracted millions of visitors in its heyday, is now a ghost town - but not only that the abandoned amusement park also has a dark secret.

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42 h. ago Orca whales left to rot in abandoned zoo 'doomed to die' after heartbreaking update

France's last remaining orcas, Wikie and Keijo, spend their endless days swimming around a cramped concrete tank after Marineland Antibes closed permanently in January. Now campaigners warn they are doomed to die without urgent action

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3 d. ago Inside eerie BBC set used to film terrifying zombie show that's now left to rot

After wandering onto the long-abandoned set of a seriously creepy zombie drama, urban explorer Daniel Sims encountered a number of eerie finds, including a forgotten graveyard

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3 d. ago The Sexual Evolution by Nathan H Lents review – colourful tales of animal reproduction

From gay penguin parents to snake orgies, a biology professor looks at sexual adaptation in the animal world In 1998, Roy and Silo, a pair of male chinstrap penguins at Central Park Zoo in New York, were given an abandoned egg to incubate after zookeepers observed them performing mating rituals together. For 34 days, they took turns sitting on it. When the egg hatched, the story became a viral sensation. The New York Times celebrated “A Love That Dare Not Squeak Its Name”. Roy, Silo and their daughter Tango became the subject of a LGBTQ-friendly children’s book, And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell.Biology professor Nathan Lents remembers receiving copies of Tango as a gift when he and his husband became foster parents. Fast-forward to the present day, and Tango tops Pen America’s list of the most frequently banned picture books in the US. It was part of a high-profile lawsuit in Nassau County, Florida, and was designated for pulping by officials in...

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5 d. ago World must move from ‘plunder to protection’ to save oceans, UN chief warns

Speaking at France summit, António Guterres called for bold pledges to stop deep sea from becoming ‘wild west’Nations must move from “plunder to protection” in order to save the world’s seas from crisis, the UN chief, António Guterres, told the ocean summit on Monday.All countries must come forward with “bold pledges” including a biodiversity target to protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030, to tackle plastic pollution, overfishing and for greater governance of the high seas, he said at the opening ceremony. Guterres also stressed the importance of multilateralism and warned, in an apparent swipe at the US, which was not present at the conference: “The deep sea cannot become the wild west.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago As the UN Ocean Conference opens in France, a push to turn promises into protection

The U.N. Ocean Conference is opening in France as pressure mounts to turn promises into action on protecting the ocean

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7 d. ago UK's most safest pubs in a nuclear disaster as Brits admit they'd copy Sean of the Dead

When asked, around a quarter of Brits said their first response to a nuclear disaster would be to head to an institution of the country – the pub – but some are closer to bunkers than others

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7 d. ago The 'lawless' UK estate where residents claim they have been 'left to rot' and are terrorised by 'balaclava

Balaclava-clad gangs tear through the roads on scooters, pulling reckless wheelies and shouting abuse at terrified passers-by.

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8 d. ago When the Wild West came to west London — a rodeo in pictures

When the Wild West came to west London — a rodeo in pictures  The Times

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9 d. ago Dolphins left for dead in abandoned Florida marine park finally saved after public backlash

Four dolphins from Gulf World Marine Park, which is under investigation after five dolphins previously died in an eight-month period, have now been freed at last

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1 week ago UK hospital's eerily abandoned rooms left to rot but patients still allowed in

The abandoned pain clinic at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre has been out of commission for seven years due to severe structural issues, including leaking pipes and collapsed ceilings

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1 week ago Abandoned EFL stadium has sign which shows just how cheap football used to be for fans

Rotherham United's Millmoor Stadium was abandoned in 2008 and left to rot, but after being brought back to life by a local team in the community, a recent video shows how it looks now

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1 week ago Eerie video shows 'abandoned Center Parcs lodges' left to rot

A TikTok video has shown the eerie side of Center Parcs, with footage appearing to show a number of 'abandoned' lodges at a holiday park in the Netherlands left to rot with furniture still inside

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1 week ago Inside James Corden's abandoned £8million mansion that's been left to 'rot' after being invaded by vandals

James Corden's UK mansion which he planned to demolish and turn into an £8million new home has seen better days after it was 'abandoned' by the star.

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2 w. ago The murky history behind the eerie abandoned zoological park inside Disney World

Disney's Discovery Island, once a bustling zoological park, now sits abandoned and off-limits, its decaying remains slowly being overtaken by nature.

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2 w. ago Abandoned water park tourists still pay to enter is ‘perfect setting for a horror film’

Hue Abandoned Water Park, also known as Thuy Tien Lake, sits on the outskirts of the Vietnamese city of Hue and has been attracting urban explorers since it closed 14 years ago

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2 w. ago Abandoned town left to rot for 40 years after plane crash horror

Goussainville-Vieux Pays is now a largely empty village where plant life is taking over and almost everybody has left, following a major plane crash around 50 years ago

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2 w. ago Scottish Government abandons plans to create national park in Galloway

Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon made the announcement at the Scottish Parliament this afternoon.

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2 w. ago Inside Center Parcs' 'abandoned lodges' left to decay with furniture still inside

An online content creator shared eerie footage of the abandoned lodges in the Netherlands - and it seems the holiday homes have been left to rot with furniture still inside

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2 w. ago Japanese PM uses radioactive Fukushima soil in his garden to prove a point

The soil was removed from Fukushima during decontamination efforts following the 2011 nuclear disaster

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