All news on the topic: Animals

A tourist is thought to have lost both her hands in a shark attack after trying to ‘engage’ with the animal for a photo.

The entire nation of Sri Lanka is facing blackouts – and it’s all down to the actions of one cheeky monkey.

Ocean researchers have found the largest male great white shark ever recorded.

Dog owners are being warned to stay away from Cornish beaches after several dogs became ill and some died.

Gang swindled victims out of €150,000 by posting fraudulent adverts for pets on secondhand shopping sites.

Mother nature has proven itself faster and more efficient than a European government in the race to construct a £900,000 dam.

An intrepid herd of pigs have been causing chaos in a Norfolk village by escaping from a nearby farm and digging up gardens while on the prowl for food.

A piglet with a ’human-like’ face and no eyes has been born in the Philippines, with the footage showing the creature crying out a sound that resembles that of a baby.

A top conservationist has condemned Morocco and urged FIFA to take action over the slaughter of three million street dogs ahead of the 2030 World Cup.

Two lynx which were illegally released into a Scottish Highlands have been captured.

Part of an international initiative to combat organised wildlife crime, similar seizures in Australia and Norway have recovered more than 50,000 eggs

Animal rights campaigners have welcomed the move to shut South Lakes Safari Zoo which gained infamy after keeper Sarah McClay was killed by a Sumatran tiger that gained access to an enclosure

South Yorkshire Police have confirmed 13 reports relating to ’dangerous dogs’ in just 48 hours.

Reports of intentional harm towards the breed have risen 164% and abandonments have gone up by 692%, says the RSPCA.

A 55-year-old man has been killed by a wild brown bear while foraging for mushrooms in a Slovakian forest.

A river otter dragged a child on a dock underwater and viciously attacked the mother who intervened in the near-drowning.

For decades, the possibility of great whites in British or Irish seas has remained a mystery

A famous white whale accused of being a Russian spy was shot to death by poachers, animal rights groups claim.

Hvaldimir was first spotted near the Norwegian island of Ingoya in April 2019. He was wearing a harness and what appeared to be a mount for a small camera which read "equipment St Petersburg".

On the outskirts of Dolores, a small town in the northeast of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on a recent night in August, a bunch of police teams gathered at a gas station to go over the final details of the largest anti-wildlife trafficking operation in Argentina’s history.

Activists say Kennedy could’ve committed felony violation for allegedly driving with whale skull strapped to car roof

Cameron Hopkins shamelessly posted images of the three dead big cats despite there being just 7,000 of the animals left in the African wild - and campaigners have responded calling for an ’immediate ban’

Staff at a practice in Wales have accused its private-equity-backed owner of poor pay and overcharging customers