Animals

Lemur at Scottish zoo named world's oldest in captivity. Video, 00:00:28Lemur at Scottish zoo named world's oldest in captivity

'Forever home' needed for 180 sheep

'If I'm frustrated by school, farm calms me down'

Rescuers praised for saving shire horse from ditch

MP calls for new law to license animal shelters

Cells from dead rhino could bring new life

Cats distinguish owner's smell from stranger's, study finds

Rescued brown bear cubs rehomed in Devon

New powers to shoot ravens after livestock attacks

'Emaciated and injured' bears rehomed at sanctuary

Killer whales seen hunting seals by Farne Islands

Rescued fox 'coated in bitumen and stuck to road'

How my hamster healed my heart. Video, 00:01:14How my hamster healed my heart

At-risk dog rehoming centre to become foster hub

Zoo hopes pair of 'enormous' cassowaries will mate

Two giant rodents to spend summer at London Zoo

Sluggish sloth's secrets of success revealed in new study

'Foxes using school playground as a toilet'

Second endangered bongo calf born at safari park

Zoo hand-rears endangered rockhopper penguin chick

Sadness as 'majestic presence' Hugo the lion dies

Shelter appeals for help after kitten 'surge'

The Animal Employment Agency. Audio, 28 minutesThe Animal Employment Agency