Careers With Animals Day is back!

That’s right, Careers With Animals Day has returned for another year! Do you want to work with animals or perhaps want some guidance on the different training options in the veterinary and animal industries? Join us on Saturday 4 March for a whole host of talks from an amazing range of speakers including Cats Protection, […]

Extremophiles

When searching for life on other planets, scientists look to the extreme conditions that life can survive in, here on planet Earth.

Chinese Turtle ‘Pees’ Through Its Mouth

Biologists from the National University of Singapore have discovered Chinese soft-shelled turtles pass waste through their mouths. The unusual finding was discovered when scientists analyzed samples of the water and found it contained urea. Researchers first observed the odd habit while studying how this turtle is capable of holding its breath for so long. They […]

Rare Sumatran Rhino Born in Captivity [Video]

With only 200 of the Indonesian Sumatran Rhino left and 10 in captivity this new addition has boosted confidence in conservation efforts.

Bear Opens garage Door to Save her Trapped Cub [Video]

Last of His Kind, Lonesome George, Dies

Known as the rarest species in the world, the Pinta Tortoise of the Galapagos Islands are now extinct.

Volunteering with African Wildlife: What is it really like?

During the Summer of 2011, having graduated from Middlesex University/The College of Animal Welfare, with a BSc (Hons) in Veterinary Nursing, Sarah Williams spent time as a volunteer in Mpumalanga fulfilling an ambition of working with the African wildlife… I have always wanted to experience wildlife care in Africa so I organised a trip to […]

50 Amazing Photos of the Natural World [Pic]

The natural world captured for your amazement.

Wild Giant Panda Caught Eating Meat for the First Time on [Video]

The Western China’s rare and elusive Giant Panda’s diet is 99% bamboo, of which they consume up-to 20kg of this nutritionally poor plant, each day. They will occasionally eat other grasses and tubers and captive Giant Panda’s are also fed honey and fruit. Although commonly known as herbivorous, Giant Pandas actually belong to the carnivorous family […]

Mini Chameleons [Pic]

Madagascar was once home to many species of giant animals and plants which became extinct after humans arrived. But these tiny reptiles have managed to elude us, hiding in small pockets of leaf litter in between limestone blocks. Well until now that is..