Animals

Abandoned Peruvian pooch Estrella developed new walking skills much like a human baby.

IBTimes UK looks at our favourite new species discovered in 2015.

Humans disrupted the natural balance between pairs of animal and plant species 60,000 years ago.

The cub was born in August in the National Zoo in Washington DC.

The incident took place around 3.15pm on Thursday 10 December in Nelson.

A spectacled bear cub was in good health after it was rescued in Oxapampa, Peru.

Water shortages caused by the current drought are set to hit animals harshly in the country's celebrated parks.

The chimpanzees, including babies Fumo and Sudi, woke to find gift-wrapped food treats.

Changing temperatures have a massive effect on ecosystems across the world

Nola, who had been receiving treatment for a bacterial infection, was put down on 22 November

The bear is one of the twin three-year-olds at the zoo, Sakari and Suka.

The youngster is one of just a few thousand pygmy hippos in the world.

A third of snow leopard territory is under threat from climate change.

A zoo video shows three-year-old Xiao Liwu sliding in the slush and playing with his new toy, a jungle ball.

The 50-year-old alligator was sent to live the rest of his days in a sanctuary.

The venomous cobra was discovered more than 24 hours after it escaped.

Creature identified on Santa Cruz Island.

Many of the pets wore colourful bows or flouncy dresses for the special event.

Zeek was eventually lured by a plastic water bottle and reclaimed by his owner.

Laid-back pooches and owners took to the waves for the 7th annual Surf City Surf Dog surfing competition.

Zookeepers at London Zoo conducted their annual animal audit on 26 August.

The calf was born without complications at Edward Villegas Rubio's stable in Bambamarca in the country's Cajamarca region.

The animals are the descendants of a small number of wallabies that escaped a nearby zoo in the 1970s.

All the stingrays that died had been born in captivity.

Tigers, lions, bears and wolves have escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi after heavy floods damaged cages.

A Florida farmer was surprised to discover her cow gave birth to a two-headed calf.

A giant panda pair on Saturday set a new sex record of 18 minutes and 3 seconds at a Giant Panda breeding centre in southeast China's Sichuan province.

A team of scientists has been studying penguins at London Zoo to try work out how the birds developed their distinctive waddle.

The circus has long been targeted by animal welfare groups who accuse it of mistreating the elephants.

A giant panda was caught on video roaming in a southwest China town in the wee hours of 5 March.