Off the Pacific coast of Canada, scientists have captured something that challenges long‑held assumptions about life in the ...

Time flows ever onwards with reassuring uniformity – at least, that’s how it feels to mere mortals unplugged from the weirder parts of physics. But everyone knows that the exception to this rule is ...

Chimpanzees are clearly among the most intelligent of all non-human animals, but they are rarely regarded as killers. And yet they regularly supplement their largely vegetarian diet with meat.

E volution can be ruthless at eliminating the unfit. “Red in tooth and claw,” as Tennyson memorably described it, Nature routinely sacrifices billions of individual organisms and sometimes entire ...

Grand Portage State Park sits at the very tip of Minnesota’s Arrowhead region, practically kissing the Canadian border, offering a wilderness experience that feels like stepping into a postcard that ...

Ask ten different people whether they think hunting is an ethical activity and you’ll likely get ten different answers.

Trail hunting is set to be banned in England and Wales as part of a new animal welfare strategy to be published by the government on Monday. The practice sees an animal-based scent trail laid for dogs ...

New footage shows orcas and dolphins coordinating hunts, hinting at interspecies teamwork to track and catch salmon off ...

A staggering 80 per cent of pups sold in UK may come from unlicensed sources A CRACKDOWN on inhumane puppy farming is planned in a major animal welfare shake-up. Government proposals will tackle the ...

The government has fallen short of banning imports of real animal fur from grisly farms overseas under its animal-welfare shake-up, dismaying campaigners who have long sought a ban. And the absence of ...

Puppy farms, trail hunting and snare traps are all set to be banned under animal welfare reforms being introduced by the government. Ministers have today unveiled the government's Animal Welfare ...