IMAGE COPYRIGHTRSPCAimage captionBrothers Leon and Nikita were in need of a "retirement home" at the age of 21Two elderly cat brothers given up for adoption after living together for all of their 21 y ...
IMAGE COPYRIGHTKADOORIE FARM AND BOTANIC GARDENimage captionThe gibbons cross ropes connecting two areas of forestSwinging through the treetops comes naturally for gibbons.But that's tricky if a lands ...
IMAGE COPYRIGHTSERGEY GORSHKOV/WPY2020image captionSergey Gorshkov's winning WPY image is called The EmbraceTo photograph one of rarest creatures on Earth you have to be incredibly skilled and remarka ...
IMAGE COPYRIGHTBETHAN CLYNEimage captionThe minke whale, believed to be a young female, was spotted washed up at Spurn on TuesdayA 25ft (7.5m) minke whale was found dead with its tail entangled in rop ...
IMAGE COPYRIGHTRSPCAimage captionLeon and Nikita are brothers who need a "retirement home" at the age of 21Two elderly feline fellows are hoping to find a new owner, at the grand old age of 21.The cat ...
While stricken populations in most parts of the world have had a chance to recover from organised hunting, they are now facing myriad threats from human actions, including plastic pollution, loss ...
Marine Connection said another Moray Firth dolphin, a lone female called Moonlight, had been seen in the Irish Sea. The charity said the Scottish dolphins had moved out of their normal range.
Europe's largest marine protected area (MPA) has come into force for an area of deep sea off the Western Isles.The West of Scotland MPA involves an area of more than 38,610 sq miles (100,000 sq km) in ...
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAlligator bellows: The first pair of sounds are in ambient air; the second pair are in heliox Have you heard the one about the alligator ...
Image copyrightVets Now / PAImage captionMax likes to chew on socks and clothes but had never before tried to eat non-food items, his owners say A Labrador is recovering at home after scoffing its ...
Image copyrightSaint Louis ZooImage captionThe female ball python is thought to the oldest snake living in a zoo A snake laying eggs might not seem to be the most unusual thing to happen. But ke ...
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionWildlife is under pressure from habitat loss, including deforestation Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, accordi ...
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionAn endangered white-handed gibbon: The right conservation strategies can save the day Scientists have calculated how many mammals might be lost this century, ...
More than 90 dogs - some of them dead - have been found in "poor conditions" in Blaenau Gwent, police said. Officers visited a property in Tredegar with the RSPCA at 19:00 BST on Tuesday in a p ...
Image copyrightBenjamin Tapley/ZSLImage captionHorned frogs have unusual eyebrow-like "horns" Scientists have discovered how to> Conservation efforts to protect the breeding grounds of endangere ...
