Image copyrightCairngorms Capercaillie ProjectImage captionCapercaillie are the world's largest grouse Scientists have tested more than 800 feathers collected in the Cairngorms in an effort to extr ...
Image copyrightRSPCAImage captionHenrietta the "unruffled" adventurous hen with new adoptive mum Hilary Carlen A hen found under an egg lorry after stowing away for 90 miles thanked rescuers by imm ...
Image copyrightSSPCA A duck was put to sleep after being found near a canal with a crossbow arrow through its body. The wounded bird was spotted by a member of the public near the canal alongsid ...
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionThe new flu strain is similar to the swine flu that spread globally in 2009 A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been> It e ...
As Edinburgh Zoo reopens, its chief executive David Field has said it's a new era."Today is booked out - it's a wonderful new day, it's almost like we're opening the zoo for the first time."It's excit ...
Image copyrightPA MediaImage captionA 10in stick was removed from Rocky's stomach during an hour-long operation A nine-month old puppy has been saved after swallowing a stick half the length of his ...
Image captionReece Oliver and the puma previously appeared on a BBC Nottingham video A man who extended an enclosure for big cats has been given permission to continue housing exotic animals at the ...
Image copyrightLucy LedgewayImage captionSunny's owners said the cloud formation looked just like a photograph of their beloved dog A grieving pet owner has told how she saw her pet dog's> Lucy ...
Image copyrightColchester UnitedImage captionCilla became the talk of social media when she was filmed watching a football match A greyhound became an unlikely star when her cardboard cut-out appea ...
Image copyrightSSPCA Mountain rescuers have saved a lamb that fell into a gorge in the Western Isles. The animal became trapped after falling near Stoth beach at Ness on the Isle of Lewis. Th ...
Image copyrightAnglesey Sea ZooImage captionAnglesey Sea Zoo and the Welsh Ape and Monkey Sanctuary have thanked people who sent donations "You can't furlough fish" is the reaction of one owner to ...
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionRats on sale at a Vietnam market Rats sold in the markets and restaurants of Southeast Asia harbour multiple coronaviruses, a study shows. The proportion ...
Image copyrightGetty Images Beijing has in the past week seen a spike of Covid-19 cases - almost all of which have been linked to a huge wholesale food market. State media said the virus was dis ...
MSPs have voted to ban the unlicensed culling of mountain hares and make them a protected species. Concerns had been growing about the practice but gamekeepers insist Holyrood has made a "grave ...
Image copyrightPA Campaigners have called on the government to make pet theft a specific offence after instances of the crime "went through the roof" in lockdown. Beverley Cuddy, editor of Dogs ...
