Animals

New research indicates that the biological systems that led to walking may have originated millions of years earlier than previously thought.

Black cats are struggling to find loving homes because they don't look good in selfies according to a rescue centre - the internet is proving otherwise.

Street Vet's volunteers have been caring for homeless people's animals since 2016.

Protesters from Direct Action Everywhere and Melbourne Cow Save Animal Liberation Army chanted at diners and staff at Rare Steakhouse on Saturday night.

Some dog owners are turning away from conventional pet food in favour of a diet based on raw meats. But is this safe?

Turns out our favourite animal can also get a bad bout of the sniffles, here's everything you need to know about 'dog flu'.

A five-year-old girl named Ava wrote to Pizza Express asking for them to stop giving out plastic straws with every meal. The restaurant chain has vowed to switch to paper straws.

The animal defies the 'island rule' and 'Bergmann's rule' which describe patterns of geographical variations.

Megapropodiphora arnoldi measures just 0.395 mm in length and is only known from a single female specimen.

High levels of the chemical imidacloprid have been detected in a number of waterways across the country.

Stephen Nichols Cook, 68, from Christianberg in Virgina was found guilty of two misdemeanor offences during a court hearing.

Local authorities said that a man was charged with bestality after he allegedly raped two goats to death over the course of two hours.

Japanese trains will be equipped with speakers that warn deer with noises of dog yelping and high-pitched animal snorts.

Animal foster carers believe Kiah was kept in a cage and overbred

Professor Con Slobodchikoff hopes to develop technology that will allow pets and their owners to communicate effectively for the first time in history.

Titanoboa cerrejonensis is the largest snake ever known to have existed and an early ancestor to today's boa constrictors.

A brave dog named Red survived 10 days in the on Preseli mountains after getting 'disoriented' and disappeared during a walk.

The might be cute to look at but vets have issued a warning against some of Instagram's favourite dog breeds. Pugs and bulldogs have a host of health problems.

Animal protection groups and local authorities have urged people to shelter their pets indoors during the icy weather.

A great white shark, named Miss Costa, was spotted swimming off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday (1 January).

Temperatures at Calgary Zoo plummeted to an average of -28 degrees Celsius during the recent cold snap.

Kathryn Curzon, co-founder of the marine conservation organisation Friends for Sharks, tells IBTimes UK how to deal with a fear of shark attacks.

No great white sharks are currently kept in captivity anywhere in the world - and the longest they have ever survived was just over six months at Monterey Bay Aquarium in the US.

A shocking video emerged online showing an endangered bear being killed inside a cage in Myanmar. The man said he shot the bear after gaining permission from the government.

A new study shows that more dogs are poisoned by chocolate during the festive period than any other time of the year

Reindeer antlers are covered in velvet – a type of fuzzy, hairy skin – which has the ability to "almost perfectly" regenerate.

Jennifer Garrett shared a photo of anti-bird spikes in some Bristol trees, designed to stop pigeon poo damaging residents' cars.

The primitive species lacks certain features that are common in more complex animals, according to researchers.

Kumimanu biceae, which lived around 60 million years ago, is one of the largest and oldest penguin species ever discovered.

The Amur Leopard is listed as a critically endangered species. There are fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild.