A cynical crook who bled cats and dogs to death to sell their blood to scientists and vets is facing animal cruelty charges. Police and animal experts rescued 240 dogs, cats and rabbits from the sick surgery near the Spanish capital Madrid. Tragically, some pet owners who could no longer…
An international team of scientists has identified a new species of ancient predator that was part bear and part dog and roamed Europe millions of years ago. The new genus has been named 'Tartarocyon', a nod to a large, powerful, one-eyed giant from Basque mythology. The international team of experts,…
A long-standing theory that an equatorial belt of warm water fostered life during the earth's Ice Age has been dismissed by a new study. New findings by scientists from Vienna University and the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe (KIT), Germany, show that the hotspot almost certainly never existed. It has…
A previously unknown species of aquatic reptile which had the longest ever recorded tail has been discovered by scientists in China. The newly discovered prehistoric creature dubbed "Long-tailed Red River Dragon" has been given the scientific name Honghesaurus longicaudalis, and the experts studying it confirmed it had the longest tail…
