Kurt Zouma has been slapped with a huge fine over the vile abuse of his cat with West Ham donating two weeks worth of his wages to animal charities as his pets are seized by the RSPCA
A Great White Shark is believed to have been near a popular tourist beach in at Goring-by-Sea, near Worthing, West Sussex after being spotted by a beachgoer on camera
London’s ‘biggest dog’ is 6ft and weighs 15st – but often gets mistaken for cow
“There is a great deal of debate among writers with regards to dragons: do animals of this sort actually exist in nature, or, as is often the case in many other things, can they only be found in fables?”
These words come from the 17th century German Jesuit Athanasius Kircher and his 1638 book Mundus subterraneus (Subterranean World) which argued not only that the Earth is hollow, but that it’s inhabited by dragons which he believed were extremely rare, but nevertheless natural animals. Kircher’s inquiry into the putative reality of dragons is a major theme throughout The Penguin Book of Dragons (2021), edited by historian Scott G. Bruce of Fordham University.
Wild animals prized as delicacies in China contain a bevy of threatening viruses
In Southwestern Germany, a team of researchers discovered teeth that were millions of years old and presumably belonged to an ancient Euro-Asian primate last September. Yet after the discovery was made public, controversy opened up about the interpretation of our earliest existence
Fishermen regret falling asleep as aggressive crocodile sneaks onto their boat
Young backpacker Amanda Phillips was thrown into prison for six months after she breached coronavirus restrictions in Australia, with her van breaking down and her dog being eaten by a crocodile too
Fossil of largest Jurassic pterosaur found on Skye
Local vets collaborated with an international team to figure out why the animal was dazed and wandering near the capital city.
The people of Peru’s Comunidad Nativa Tres Esquinas have long known about a tiny, burrowing frog with a long snout; one local name for it is rana danta, “tapir frog” for its resemblance to the large-nosed Amazonian mammal. But until now, this frog has remained elusive to biologists. Thanks to the help of local guides, an international team of researchers was able to find the frog and give it an official scientific name and description.
Let’s get it on! Marvin Gaye impersonator serenades zoo’s endangered monkeys to help them get in the mood for mating season