Expect to see David Cameron sporting one before the current general election campaign is over. Once the trouser accessory of choice of the average flat-capped northerner, ferrets have become a fashionable pet for Londoners and upmarket southern types, according to the UK’s first national ferret census. Read More »
Red squirrels are beginning to return to areas of Scotland where they have not been seen for several years. Read More »
A grey squirrel has been banned from riding Alton Towers’ Sonic Spinball ride because he poses a health and safety risk. Read More »
A pair of turtles, a rat and some worms have been launched into space aboard an Iranian rocket, according to Iranian news agencies. Read More »
The winner of British reality TV show “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” and a fellow contestant are facing criminal charges in Australia for animal cruelty after cooking and eating a rat on the TV programme. Read More »
The water vole – a much-loved British water mammal and the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame’s gentlemanly Ratty in “The Wind in the Willows” – may be staging a remarkable recovery, easing conservationists’ fears about the creatures’ future. Read More »
A thumb-sized baby stoat was given mouth to mouth resuscitation and heart massage by a passer-by who rescued the drowning creature from a water butt. Read More »
Morality may not be a uniquely human trait according to recent research suggesting mammals as varied as wolves, primates, mice, bats and whales know the difference between right and wrong. Read More »
Punxsutawney Phil, who starred alongside Bill Murray in the movie “Groundhog Day”, appears to have tired of his status as the world’s most famous weather forecasting rodent after being thwarted in a series of audacious escape attempts. Read More »
