Movie horses have to be able to do a lot of things: follow the cues of their trainers off-set, keep a cool head amidst all the commotion on-set, even the simplest task, like standing still in a meadow, takes skill! A video from dpa [the German Press Agency].

Pets often provide great comfort to aging humans. But what happens to these faithful companions when their owners suddenly pass away? Dogs, cats, and other furry animals have good chances of being rehomed; the story is different for the snakes and lizards at the reptile sanctuary in Munich. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

The honey bee is the oldest livestock species of all and an industrious animal essential to the health of our planet.

Yabla's star reporter Diane takes us on a tour of the team sport Ultimate Frisbee at the Karlsruhe Christmas Cup. If you are up for starting the day with frisbee and a cold beer, then you have come to the right place!

In part two of this series, Yabla star reporter Diane is live and in person at the Christmas Cup Frisbee Championships in Karlsruhe. Diane interviews several players and we get some great shots of the game itself. Enjoy!

German pop band Frida Gold, famous for their song “Zeig’ mir wie du tanzt” [Show Me How You Dance], is interviewed by Thomas Raudnitzky, moderator of popular magazine RheinMain-Szene.

Check out the second part of the Frida Gold interview on RheinMain Szene. This new German band went on tour with Kylie Minogue before finishing their first album.

In the making of Frida Gold’s song “Show Me How You Dance,” the band talks about why they first had some reservations about making a video and how those ended in smoke.

Campaign commercial by the FDP (Free Democratic Party): Fricke and Solms have gas running in their blood but that is getting more and more expensive. One of them wants to slash energy taxes while the other wants to improve mileage by way of new technologies.

Singing is fun, and the Primacanta children turn the Römerberg square in Frankfurt into their own stage for making making music together. Rhein-Main reporter Melissa Bosnjic reports from Frankfurt am Main.

Sandra puts "her" teacher Herr Schniedelwutz through the rounds as he tries to explain to her that Hitler is not the current president of Germany.

Despite the cold weather, tropical parrots, such as the Ring-necked Parakeet, have taken up residence in some German cities. Ornithologists suppose that they descended from escaped pets.
Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Fred Timm, member of the Monsters of Songwriting, sings the song: “Ich bin schlecht im Bett,” which he dedicated to his groupies!

Young women are tearing off their T-shirts to protest the prison sentences of other young women in Tunisia, but for the politicians and movie stars, the glamorous life goes on undisturbed. (video copyright dpa)

Join the Frankfurt residents at their second annual Oktoberfest this fall. Of course, as with the Oktoberfest in Munich, the traditional Bavarian costumes are worn here too by the majority of Oktoberfest attendees.