In Crimea, a cat named Pusha has "adopted" four orphaned baby squirrels and is raising them as her own alongside her new kittens.

There are 1,000 pet cafés in Japan. Visitors say the animals help relieve stress, and the cafés have become a €12 billion industry.

Conservation experts at the British Antarctic Survey say that normally around eight percent of the world population of emperor penguins breeds in Halley Bay. A recent study found that in 2016 and 2017, there was no breeding in Halley Bay and last year there was only a little.

A miniature guide horse is being trained on the the Tyne and Wear Metro system before starting his first job in London helping a partially-sighted woman.

Rome Zoo welcomed four new baby flamingos yesterday. Zookeepers were surprised by the sudden fecondity of their animals.

Animals at London Zoo kicked off their Easter celebrations early on Thursday (April 18) as zookeepers feed them some eggs special treats.

Teams of rescuers came together to save a horse stuck in deep mud on a beach in Burnham-on-Sea, western England, on Sunday (April 14).

Connecting to nature with the help of these endangered animals.

Orangutan numbers have dropped two-thirds since the 1970s as agriculture destroys their habitat.

Many were mistreated in their earlier lives as circus performers, television actors and domestic pets.

An international welfare group evacuated dozens of animals languishing in a ramshackle Gaza zoo on Sunday to sanctuaries abroad, in the fourth and largest such rescue mission in the beleaguered, war-torn Palestinian enclave.

Italy's fire brigade rescued a cow stranded near the coast in Stintino, Italy.

Queen Elizabeth indulged her love of horseracing on Thursday (March 28) with a visit to England's west country where she toured the stables of trainer Paul Nicholls.

The cubs are named Mawar, Tengah Malam and Pemanah – Rose, Midnight and Archer in Indonesian.

In a week that saw bitter Brexit battles and more climate protests, we spoke to Primatologist Jane Goodall about the links between chimpanzees and humans, and her views on the future for planet earth.

An enormous alligator was spotted strolling onto a golf course in Georgia, United States on Sunday (March 24).

He was eventually led back to the safety of the forest.