1+ hour, 46+ min ago  (416+ words) A runaway llama and two pygmy goats brought traffic on the A82 in Dumbarton to a standstill after breaking out of their enclosure. The animals were caught on camera on Saturday before owner Kevin Mc Vey managed to lead them back…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago  (381+ words) A memorial is planned to a three-legged cat whose adventures and escapades around a town captured the hearts of thousands of fans. Black cat Salem became a local celebrity, regularly pictured wandering around Daventry and visiting his favourite haunts such…...

6+ hour, 23+ min ago  (478+ words) A CT (computed tomography) scanner has been used for the first time at a Norfolk zoo to give vets a clearer picture of its animals' complex or long-standing conditions. Some residents of Banham Zoo, near Attleborough, including penguins, a vulture,…...

6+ hour, 16+ min ago  (9+ words) Daventry plans memorial for beloved three-legged cat Salem'BBC...

6+ hour, 45+ min ago  (375+ words) A "nature corridor" is being created to run through some of London's most nature-deprived communities. The 14-mile network will stretch from Lee Valley Regional Park south towards the Thames through the boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Haringey and Newham. The…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (688+ words) Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter was one of the first animal charities to be created in the country. Now it is celebrating 130 years of helping our furry friends find happy homes and have healthy lives. The sun is shining and Matty…...

10+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1154+ words) When you have 200 humpback whales or so close to each other, says Monique Fallows, their blows appear "like a Manhattan skyscraper skyline"." The smell is also strong for anyone nearby. "You feel the breath of the whales falling on you,…...

17+ hour, 5+ min ago  (293+ words) A stowaway raccoon that was caught on camera running around a docked ship has been put down. The Port of Southampton confirmed the animal had arrived on a cargo vessel at the beginning of April. A spokesperson for APHA said:…...

16+ hour, 23+ min ago  (566+ words) A Nigerian scientist's "personal experience" with a wildfire, its threat to endangered bats she discovered just days before, and her campaign to protect them, has won her the global Goldman Environmental Prize. Found in the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary in…...

17+ hour, 11+ min ago  (265+ words) A group of barely two-week-old kittens are "doing really well" after being rescued from a crusher on a landfill site. The five kittens, believed to have been born to a feral cat, were spotted by staff at Crapper and Sons…...