Residing on the remote Atlantic island of St. Helena, Jonathan the giant tortoise is estimated to have been born in ... but ...

The mega-coral measures 34 metres by 32 metres – making it larger than a blue whale – and it is thought to be three centuries ...

On Remembrance Sunday the BBC could have used its Radio 4 Appeal to support any number of service-related charities. But with ...

These days nobody would dream of keeping a wild animal as a pet, but there was a time, not so long ago, when a gentleman ...

A pensioner, who claims he has been left without a working TV for ten weeks, says he is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

We were flying in the direction of Alphonse, a private island resort in the outer islands of the Seychelles, one hour by ...

Mostly they stuck to a grass verge along the promenade – a relief to cyclists and runners more used to dodging dogs than ...

Turn a corner to see coconuts fall from the many trees, or you might spot giant Aldabra tortoises roaming around ... Points ...

Ms Leek, 58, bought the giant animal, the largest tortoise species in Africa, to keep her company while she was recovering from cancer, and the pair quickly became soulmates. The eight-year-old ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million years ago, among the dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period. The new fossil, found in ...

Let's take a look at the remarkable comebacks of seven more animal species that were once thought to be extinct.