From animal cruelty to stalking and motoring offences, here are the biggest cases heard at West Cumbria Magistrates’ Court in Workington this year.

Animals killed for these items are suffocated, painfully gassed, electrocuted, shot, bludgeoned to death and often skinned alive. There are cruelty-free alternatives to wearing animal skins, and they ...

French actress Brigitte Bardot has died at the age of 91. The film star and 1960s “sex symbol” earned worldwide fame as one ...

Common fast food meals often carry dangerous levels of plastics that leach from packaging and equipment into the food itself. A Daily Mail graphic showcases the worst offenders.

Each year on the Serengeti, hundreds of thousands of wildebeest calves are born within weeks. Here's how the young predators ...

"His small trunk and ears were free, but his rear-end was stuck fast in dark, oozing mud. He looked exhausted and must have ...

The Memphis Zoo announced Saturday that an orangutan named Jahe gave birth to a baby girl earlier this month, with the ...

In a " Christmas gift " to visitors, Chester Zoo has launched December return tickets which allow some people to return for ...

French actress Brigitte Bardot has died at the age of 91. The film star and 1960s “sex symbol” earned worldwide fame as one of the most recognisable faces of post-war cinema but later withdrew from ...

A Texas couple achieved a feat that has been described as about one in a million: conceiving quadruplets naturally without ...

Mother Nature doesn’t really care if something looks cute or gross. If it works, it works. And when it comes to raising ...

From an adorable rare baby white rhino being born to a runaway tortoise being found on train tracks, these are the top ...