Ilkley Town is considering recruiting an alpaca as a mascot after Oscar proved to be a lucky charm. 

'There’s an alpaca on the pitch': Animal disrupts football game for 20 minutes 

A team of scientists snapped up an international prize on Thursday for a study that involved getting an alligator to inhale helium.

Why researchers got an alligator to inhale helium

Zackrydz Rodzi got a surprise when he located his missing mobile.

Just monkeying around: Primate takes phone and then selfies

Human activity such as intensive agriculture and destroying habitat for farmland is driving the declines, a new report from the charity warns.

Nature in 'freefall' as 'wildlife populations fall by two-thirds since 1970'

The project is run by the charity Medical Detection Dogs, which has the Duchess of Cornwall as its Royal Patron.

The dogs which could identify coronavirus in humans

Badger culling has been approved in 11 more areas in England, despite the government indicating earlier this year they were considering backing away from the strategy.

Where is badger culling allowed in England?

A little-known mammal related to an elephant but as small as a mouse has been rediscovered in Africa after 50 years of obscurity.

'Lost' elephant shrew found after 50 years thanks to peanut butter

Officers from Nottinghamshire Police nicknamed him Po-Po.

Police pick up penguin spotted ‘plodding’ up village street

Little Grey and Little White are being monitored by experts.

Two beluga whales move step closer to open water home

Chief mouser Palmerston has announced his retirement after enjoying “working from home” during the coronavirus pandemic.

Palmerston the Foreign Office cat retires as chief mouser 

The specimen, which was uncovered in Myanmar, shows the insect predator locked in an embrace with its final victim.

Ancient ‘hell ant’ in midst of devouring prey found preserved in amber

The new discovery means the known population of the birds has swelled to more than half a million, according to researchers. 

Satellite finds new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica

Wildcats, beavers and several species of bat are under threat of dying out in Britain, according to the first official Red List for British Mammals.

Quarter of Britain’s native mammals at risk of extinction

Australian Outback pub bans messy emus for ‘bad behaviour’

The emus were eager to steal food from people at the pub in Yaraka, a remote Queensland state outpost with a permanent population of 18.

Why were these emus banned from an Australian outback pub? 

The animals that have died in the deluge include 12 rhinos, 93 hog deer, seven wild boars and four wild buffalos.

Animals