Last week we were all shocked by the heartbreaking photos of Hope the dog who was found emaciated and half the weight she should have been. She was described by a vet as the thinnest dog she'd seen alive.

As the ethical fashion and food categories of the RSPCA Good Business Awards are launched today, companies are finding that being animal welfare-friendly is better for business than it has ever been.

Sloth youngster 'Sid' has finally gone on show at Bristol zoo after a rocky 10 months of intensive hand rearing. The sloth - named Sid after the ch...

When Ole the Welsh corgi was swept away in an avalanche which killed one of its owners, it was thought he had suffered the same fate. But four days...

Keepers at a Milwaukee zoo have launched an 'Apps for Apes' project which could see Orangutans being given iPads to video-chat with primates in other ...

At a polar bear prison in Canada, the bears who wander down to the small town of Churchill too often are in for a big surprise. Held in tiny cells,...

A group of pigs created may-ham in China recently after they escaped from a flipped lorry. The police made a pig's-ear of the recovery attempt afte...

The world’s biggest insect has been found on a remote island in New Zealand, and it weighs three times more than a mouse. Nature lover Mark Moffe...

The RSPCA is looking for a man caught on CCTV swinging a cat by its tail. Footage shows the animal attacker seemingly dancing down a road in Ramsga...