Despite another terrible summer, some of the New Forest's rarest butterflies have had their best year for a decade.

Famous for carrying its shelled "home" on its back, the humble, plodding turtle has also been toting around one of the biggest mysteries of the animal kingdom. Paleontologists have now unearthed a bizarre fossil beast in the eastern New Mexican desert tha

Do mothers inherently favor sons over daughters? They do if the mom is healthy and she is a wild horse, according to a new study on literal horseplay, but researchers suggest the equine findings could carry over to other polygynous animals, including huma

Following on from the sighting of Blue whales off the south west coast of Ireland, Mick Sheeran, of Blaskett Islands Ferry & Eco Marine Tours, organised a full days Pelagic in the hope of spotting the Blues. By Mick O'Connell of the Irish Whale and Do

HALF to three-quarters of major Antarctic penguin colonies could be damaged or wiped out if global temperatures are allowed to climb by more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a report released today. A two degree hike woul

AUTHORITIES investigating the disappearance of Arthur Booker from the banks of a crocodile-infested river in Cape York believe they have found human remains in the stomach of one of the animals they have caught. Police said further tests were expected

Soldier who saved puppy from life of hardship in Iraq could see her dog executed by U.S. superiors By Eddie Wrenn/World News Online Last updated at 7:23 PM on 07th October 2008

When are we going to treat these people as CRIMINALS -Malnourished and with scars definitely from "dog fighting"; "When they went to serve this warrant at this gentleman's house, they discovered 32 dogs, 30 pit bulls and 2 other dogs in this residence...

If you were hoping to jump on the nibbling fish pedicure bandwagon, it might have just passed you by. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation announced today that fish pedicures -- in which customers pay to have small fish nibble the dead skin of

KAMPALA: A new family of mountain gorillas, one of the world's most endangered species, is ready for interaction with tourists, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) said on Friday. "There is a new group of 13 members that has been habituated," UWA spoke