Animals
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A bold genomic process is being harnessed to eliminate decades of interbreeding with domestic moggies
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Veterinarians explain how concerned you need to be about the so-called kennel cough, especially during the holiday season
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Study suggests mice react in the same way to stimulation in virtual environment as in real world
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Gatorland in Orlando consulting public for name after birth of ‘absolutely extraordinary’ leucistic gator
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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the worldGallery
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The age of extinctionMass deaths of elephant seals recorded as bird flu sweeps across the AntarcticResearchers warn of one of ‘largest ecological disasters of modern times’ if the highly contagious disease reaches penguin colonies
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A lucrative underground trade risks undermining research, creating new pandemics and pushing a recently abundant species to the brink
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When they last tried to relocate this critically endangered species, only two females survived. Have conservationists learned enough to end a 40-year local extinction?
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Atsushi Ozawa accused of using car to kill common pigeon, which vets said died of traumatic shock
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Health ministry says posters in English outside apartment buildings in Athens were ‘absolutely false’
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Woman was reported to have just gotten married and the man paddleboarding with her as her groom
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NSW suspends vaccination requirements for shelters and boarding kennels until 31 January, but cats and kittens with uncertain history considered too high risk to accept
The wild true stories behind the 21 funniest animal photos of all time: ‘It only lasted half a second, but I was ready’