A library service that opened more than 100 years ago has closed its doors for a final time due to concerns the building poses a fire risk. The library in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshi ...

Who is Punch the Monkey? Born July 2025 and named Panchi-kun, or Punch in English, is the baby macaque at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan who has gone viral for having an emotional ...

London Fashion Week launched on Thursday with a rare visit from King Charles III only hours after his brother Andrew's sensational arrest, overshadowing an event traditionally focused on highlighting ...

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Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

A MAP has revealed the areas most vulnerable to measles outbreaks amid a surge in cases up and down the country. There have been 96 cases of the highly contagious Victorian-era disease ...

Frank Cuozzo and Michelle Sauther first traveled to South Africa in 2012 to search for some of the most unusual primates on ...

Millions of voters will head to the polls on Thursday 7 May, for the biggest set of elections since the 2024 general election. Voters in Scotland and Wales will elect representatives to their national ...

CHILDREN face being forced to take three weeks off school in isolation as measles cases rip through the country. The warning ...

Questions like "will getting a pet benefit our child's mental health?" are increasingly common and pertinent. In Spain, for instance, more than half of all households now have one or more pets.

Downing Street's official rodent-catcher has served under six prime ministers, though reports of his mousing skills vary.