Jenny the pug has taken puppy love to a whole new level, after taking to pushing toy dogs around in a pushchair.Jenny’s owner, Ellen Zessin, a children’s book artist from Portland, Oregon, US, explains: “Jenny loved the little stuffed pugs we got for her right from the beginning and was forever picking them up in [...]

A sickly piglet who was saved from death by an animal rescue charity has befriended six dogs who helped raise her. The real-life Babe the pig, who was born a runt, was due to be shot by owners until staff at the rescue centre took pity on her and adopted her. The five-week-old piglet, called [...]

When people meet each other, they shake hands, slap five, smile, salute, bow, embrace, say, Yo. Hello. How are you? Good morning. Good evening. What’s up? What’s new? They may be happy to see each other. They may not care very much at all. Strangers greet each other differently than people who know each other [...]

One type eats small fish and lives in closely-related pods, the other eats marine mammals such as dolphins and is related to the Antarctic killer whale. If the two continue on the same trajectory, they could evolve into two different species and conservation efforts will need to be focused on each separately, the researchers claim. [...]

Blackbirds, Thrushes and Robins are among the birds relying on Britain’s army of animal lovers for food once autumn berries have been eaten and insects become scarce due to the cold. Gavin Warburton, senior pet food buyer at Tesco, said: “Britain is famous for being a nation of animal lovers and Brits’ kindness in helping [...]