Many animals look clean and tidy although they seldom take a bath and some animals still look dirty even they always take a bath while others seem comfortable being nasty. It is their nature being dirty. 1. African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) The large and nasty-looking African Buffalo is highly dangerous... 

This is a list of animals that are being used for our entertainment against their free will. They are held captive and used to perform tricks for greedy profiteers. Monkeys Monkeys are the most used animal for human entertainment, they are trained to perform tricks for passers by on streets in nearly... 

One of Britain’s most charming small birds, once known as the bumbarrel, has entered the garden birdwatch top 10 for the first time. The tiny long-tailed tit is so small – the tail is longer than the body – that it is very vulnerable to cold weather. In harsh periods as many as 90 per cent... 

A chirping frog, jumping spiders and a striped gecko were among more than 50 new animal species scientists have discovered in a remote, mountainous region of Papua New Guinea.Of the animals discovered, 50 spider species, three frogs and a gecko appear to have never been described in scientific literature... 

The study, which was carried out by Professor Bob Elwood and Mirjam Appel from the School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s University, Belfast, looked at the reactions of hermit crabs to small electric shocks. It was published in the journal “Animal Behaviour.” Professor Elwood, whose... 

The Cross River Gorilla Campaign assists the international efforts of the Great Ape Survival Project (GRASP) to secure a long-term viable future for great apes in the wild. GRASP is a project of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural... 

It is the ultimate hunter’s prize. From the timid deer to the rampant tiger: the whiter the animal, the bigger the bounty on its head. As deer stalkers take to the British countryside this week for the British roebuck shooting season, one young deer will be a more vulnerable position than its peers.... 

Six bonobos, a species of chimpanzee, have died from a flu epidemic in a month at the Lola Ya Bonobo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ten more have contracted the flu. “There is no fever. Antibiotics don’t do anything. The bonobos have severe respiratory infections and then they can’t... 

We all grew up learning that the lion is the king of the jungle. And now that we’re not little any more, we know just how vulnerable they are. In fact, when exposed to man’s devices, lions are extremely fragile. The latest weapon being used against them is poison. African herders whose livestock...