The official count is a legal requirement of the zoo's licence and involves keepers logging every mammal, bird, reptile, ...

Prior to the release of the 2014 film Paddington, I had no feelings toward Paddington Bear, a character invented by the author Michael Bond in the 1950s who is found on a train platform at Paddington ...

Reindeer: Santa’s Trusty Companions Reindeer have captured the imagination of children and adults alike, hitching Santa’s ...

The same goes for anybody who went for a plesiosaur: they weren't dinosaurs, and neither were their flying pals. “You may ...

London Zoo is celebrating the birth of 33 Darwin’s frogs, following the zoo’s urgent mission to rescue the critically ...

President Donald Trump has unleashed chaos by distraction around the world with a blitz of executive orders and ideas.

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Fossils unearthed from a Polish cave suggest early Europeans engaged in cannibalism, sometimes even eating the brains of their enemies, during a time of war about 18,000 years ago. At such a critical ...

Scientists, celebrities and campaigners are demanding a ban on boiling lobsters alive due to strong evidence that they can ...

A large international team of researchers has discovered that the mosquitoes that live in London's underground subway evolved ...

Flying and marine animals are relatively free to follow these shifting niches. Birds and butterflies are two examples. New ...

Scientists and industry are finding unusual new uses for brewers' spent grain – the beer industry's largest waste product.