I have cast my rod into the tidal current flowing around Montauk Point in New York and my lure is chugging across the surface when a bluefish swirls and fails to grab it. There is a heavier swirl. On a third appearance, the fish grabs. The hook pier...
If the slaughterhouses had glass walls, would anyone still buy their meat? As a vegan, I support Countryfile presenter Tom Heap’s call for children to be taken on school trips to abattoirs. Why not – if you think the truth about what you eat is so h...
With two weeks to go until the World Cup kicks off in Russia, death squads are targeting undesirables in the street. In what local authorities describe as an attempt to make Russia more media- and visitor-friendly, horrifying executions are taking p...
A crayfish who sacrificed its own limb to survive a boiling pot of spicy soup at a restaurant in China has become an online hero. Footage shows the crustacean gripping one of its own claws before detaching it and making a break for freedom, with oth...
For her book Perfect Imperfection, the Australian pet photographer Alex Cearns set out to capture the personalities of animals who adapt to their damaged or different bodies without complaint. ‘They push on, wanting to be included and involved in ev...
An orangutan has been filmed smoking at an Indonesian zoo after a visitor flicked a cigarette into its enclosure. Animal rights activists have condemned the zoo over the incident with some calling for its closure after a series of incidents involvin...