Pets, including cats, dogs and even goldfish, are now considered family members under new laws in Spain with implications regarding shared custody when couples break up. The new law, which…
China’s oldest person has died aged 135 in her local township. Alimihan Seyiti, from the township of Komuxerik in Shule County in the north-western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, died on…
A chimp that was sent to Kenya to learn how to be an ape after living its whole life with humans has been killed by fellow chimpanzees. The incident took…
Iran has sparked widespread mockery and outrage after lawmakers proposed to ban pets because animals living with humans is apparently a "destructive social problem". Ultraconservative lawmakers representing about 25 percent…
A starving tiger that started living off stray dogs in landfill sites as well as other local pets has been captured and given a GPS collar before being released back…
This is the moment an extremely fortunate jaguar that was on the verge of drowning in the middle of a river is saved by some sailors who tied a rope…
This octopus is living life large after the zoo where it lives made its home 10 times bigger and added caves in which it can hide. The footage shows the…
A cow in Russia has given birth to a mutant calf with two heads and a pig-like body. The mutant calf was born at a farm in the village of…
Researchers have found a unique group of jaguars deep in the Brazilian wetlands that primarily survive by fishing and lead very social lives, unlike other members of the species. Wikipedia…
Young female elephants benefit from growing up with siblings, especially older sisters, leading to them living longer lives and having calves earlier. Researchers from the UK, Myanmar and Finland studied…