Most contact lens wearers have had trouble putting them in their eyes at some point - so the idea of putting them on a cat might seem ridiculous. But that is exactly what the owners of Ernest - a 15-year-old black and white cat - have found themselves

When it comes to shopping for a new eyeshadow or foundation do you check to see if it has been tested on animals? Do you read the label to see if the product contains any animal ingredients? What about when you treat yourself to a new purse or wallet, or

At any time of year -- for birthdays, anniversaries, or any special occasion or holiday -- you can show your generosity, love, and compassion with a gift that makes a difference. Give a Humane Gift. Your Humane Gift will help protect pets, wildlife, and

Snowball currently weighs 1.5 kilograms, compared to a normal hedgehog who weighs about 500 grams. He was taken to St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Buckinghamshire by a member of the public after experts were called in to help shed his extra weigh

Results from a major monitoring study point to the emergence of a "baby boomer" generation among garden birds including blue tits, goldfinches and great tits. The survey found that 21 out of 25 of the most common species had a better-than-average breed

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A light appearing high in the Arctic sky early Wednesday morning baffled many people who saw it, and sparked lots of comments. Just before dawn, the small blue light appeared over Norway. Small at first, the light grew into a spiral, then disappeared

They may look like perm-sporting rock stars or even perfectly coiffured poodles - but this collection of specially-trimmed wildlife are actually all chickens. Pictured here is a bearded splash pullet Silkie.

Resembling a swirling witch's cauldron of glowing vapors, the black hole-powered core of the Circinus Galaxy lies 13 million light-years away from our own. This galaxy, designated a type 2 Seyfert, is a class of mostly spiral galaxies that have compact

Orchids have been around for as long as dinosaurs, but the puzzle of their evolution is only now being fully understood. To the layman's eye, flowers might not seem especially inexplicable. But what puzzled Darwin was the way in which, after appearing