Nicholas Ralph has starred as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small for three years, and the popular Channel 5 drama has won hearts across the nation. Express.co.uk has taken a look at Nicholas’ life before he joined the period drama, which is based on the books by veterinary legend […]
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Almost 100 animals – both alive and dead – have been taken from a roadside zoo in western Virginia as part of what state authorities are calling a criminal investigation into abuse. Search warrants executed at the Natural Bridge Zoo in Rockbridge County shows that 89 living animals were seized, […]
Archaeologists have unearthed a prison in ancient Pompeii that shows the ‘most shocking side of ancient slavery.’ The ruins of an ash-covered stone structure found at the Italian site were once a bakery where humans and animals were forced to grind grain for bread. Animals walked in circles for hours blindfolded, […]
Four of the exotic animals were found dead after travelling in terrible conditions By Matt Drake Published: 12:54 GMT, 1 December 2023 | Updated: 13:09 GMT, 1 December 2023 Around 160 exotic animals including snakes, spiders and turtles were seized at a Peruvian airport. The animals were confiscated at Jorge […]
Macaulay Culkin, who played the eight-year-old Kevin McCallister in Home Alone, has unveiled his Walk of Fame star on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. At the ceremony he was reunited with actress Catherine O’Hara, who played his mum in the 1990 hit film. She thanked him for “including me, your […]
One of the birdlike footprints from Maphutseng, Lesotho (left), and a false colour depth map of the print (right) Abrahams et al. 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 Footprints preserved in stone in Lesotho appear to have been made by animals that walked on birdlike feet around 215 million years ago, […]
The horrifying truth of the fur industry has been revealed in footage from the largest ever undercover investigation on European fur farms. The chilling exposé titled ‘This is Fur Farming in the EU’ lays bare the grim reality of fur factory farming across six EU nations. The harrowing material, captured […]
The first case of ‘zombie’ deer disease has been reported in Yellowstone National Park after a deer carcass tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The fatal brain virus leaves animals confused, drooling and uncoordinated, reducing their fear of humans. The US National Park Service has warned patrons to report any sightings […]