Animals

Thai woman rescued after two hours trapped in four-metre python’s coils

A Thai woman has described being trapped in the coils of a 20kg (44lb) python for about two hours in her home before rescuers were able to free her.Arom...

‘Miracle’ penguin found two weeks after escaping captivity in Japan

A fugitive penguin in Japan has been found safe and sound two weeks after escaping into the sea...

Queen guitarist Brian May reveals he recently had minor stroke

The Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed he recently had a minor stroke that left him unable to...

Why Labour needs to fix British fishing – will it stand by its principles now it is in power? | Charles Clover

It is a lonely and unglamorous job, being His Majesty’s official opposition, as Labour knows only too well....

Tiger mauls animal handler at Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast

A tiger handler has been mauled by a big cat in her charge at a Gold Coast theme...

Miserable? Hardly! A celebration of ‘cat ladies’ through history – from Mary Pickford to Taylor Swift

Three years after JD Vance made his disparaging remark about “childless cat ladies” to the then Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Republican vice-presidential...

I sympathise with Lily Allen on untenable pets – I love my cats but I don’t see how I can keep them | Michele...

Last week, the pop star Lily Allen was viciously criticised on social media after it was revealed that she had rehomed her dog Mary...

Conservationists warn of unauthorised releases of beavers into English rivers

“Beaver bombing”, covertly releasing beavers into the countryside, is increasing in England because successive governments have not fulfilled promises to permit some planned wild...