Winnie the Pooh is one of the most beloved children's characters in the world, but the origin of his name is a little unusual ...

The former home of the giant pandas which previously lived at Edinburgh Zoo is being transformed into a habitat for sloth bears. It will be the first time the zoo welcomes the vulnerable species, ...

In the 1600s, James I and his courtiers would watch lions and bears fight to the death ... saw the opening of the first scientific zoos. London Zoo was only open to members of the Zoological ...

Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, both 22 and engineers in the Royal Air Force, admitted in Reading Magistrates’ Court that ...