The saiga antelope

From Shakespeare to treasured stalking trophies and scientific study, antlers in all their aspects never fail to impress and inspire, says Charles Harris

Britain is a country mercifully bereft of threatening fauna–or so you might believe. John Lewis-Stempel provides a miscellany of our otherwise benign land’s more fearsome critters

A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.

Can we really bring back long-extinct animals, or are scientists just making close copies?

During late August 2025, the Hunterian Museum of Zoology in Glasgow hosted Snake Summer, an event covering snakes in science, folklore and fantasy organised by Dr Will Tattersdill of the University of

Just when you thought Bambi couldn’t get any cuter, meet the pudu, the world’s smallest deer. Standing little taller than a domestic cat, what it lacks in size, it more than makes up for in allure. Do