World’s oldest recorded tortoise prepares for 190th birthday party
Jonathan, Seychelles giant tortoise given to Saint Helena in 1882, is also oldest known living land animal If there is a party animal at large...
Category : Animals
Trouser snakes: US man accused of smuggling three reptiles in his pants
New Yorker accused of hiding large Burmese pythons in trousers while crossing from Canada in July could face 20-year sentence A New York City man...
Drone footage shows orcas chasing and killing great white shark
Scientists say behaviour, filmed in South Africa, has never been seen in detail before – and never from the air Scientists have published findings confirming...
‘Alien goldfish’ may have been unique mollusc, say scientists
Researchers think they may have solved enduring mystery of where Typhloesus wellsi sits on tree of life The mystery of a bizarre creature dubbed the...
Canada zoo finds escaped wolf pups in moment of joy tinged with tragedy
Four days after a ‘suspicious’ break-in, one pup is found safe and another appears to have been hit by a car Emotions are bittersweet at...
WHO stresses monkeypox surge not linked to monkeys amid attack reports
World Health Organization issues statement after reports of animals being poisoned in Brazil The World Health Organization has stressed that monkeypox outbreaks are not linked...
‘Like a scene out of Jaws’: British boy attacked by sharks in Bahamas
Finley Downer, eight, bitten on both legs by nurse sharks at Compass Cay before being pulled to safety An eight-year-old British boy has been attacked...
Rare hummingbird last seen in 2010 rediscovered in Colombia
Birdwatcher ‘overcome with emotion’ on spotting the Santa Marta sabrewing, only third time it has been documented A rare hummingbird has been rediscovered by a...
Call for hippos to join list of world’s most endangered animals
New classification would mean a total ban on international trade in the animal’s body parts, as climate crisis and poaching hit populations Hippos could be...
Monkey put down but hunt still on after attacks in Japanese city
Male identified as one of a group of monkeys that have wounded 49 people and counting in Yamaguchi Hunters on the trail of a group...
