3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (439+ words) An enormous scorpion fossil has been identified as the largest known to science. The discovery was made by experts from the University of Manchester and the Natural History Museum, who rare re-examining it 150 years after it first became part of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (629+ words) The animal charity in Coventry said it had baskets full of kittens and cats being dropped off at their site An animal charity says it is overwhelmed at the number of kittens, unneutered cats and strays that are currently being…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (393+ words) The RSPCA has seen a 74% surge in pet owners calls desperate for advice about how to look after their pets during a heatwave. Visits to the charity's hot weather web pages are also soaring with more than 1,000 clicks per day…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (605+ words) A monkey sanctuary has closed after more than 60 years after plans for a buyer fell through. Wild Futures said on its social media, external and website, external the park, near Looe, in Cornwall, had started to develop "structural issues" which…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (608+ words) The Aberaeron Mackerel Festival takes place in August to mark the end of the fishing season Animal rights activists want a small seaside town to change its annual mackerel festival to celebrate the humble cabbage instead. At the end of…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (558+ words) The hospital said there had been recent incidents of people leaving dogs in their cars A Shropshire hospital is reminding dog owners to avoid bringing their pets to the hospital and leaving them in their cars. The Robert Jones and…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1243+ words) Fiona keeps Duchess' ashes and paw print on her mantlepiece - and has bittersweet memories of her life Staffordshire bull terrier Duchess was abandoned, and only survived because of the goodwill of a neighbour, who fed her through a letterbox. When…...