Elephants say ‘hello’ by flapping their ears and making noises

THE BLACK-CAPPED chickadee is wonderfully onomatopoeic. When the diminutive songbird, which is Canada’s answer to the great tit, spots a great-horned owl perched in a tree, it broadcasts a shrill ‘chi

SRI LANKA IS A COUNTRY OF RICH heritage, having been influenced by both Indian and Buddhist traditions for more than 3,000 years. Renowned for its monasteries and temples, this island nation boasts a

LIFE IS FULL OF HAZARDS FOR EVERY WILD animal – and injuries involving open wounds can often lead to a slow death from infection, unless licking the site alone is sufficient to keep it bacteria-free.

Jenny Ackland criss-crosses the world to take a look at the clever ways that humans and animals can live together.

You would be hard pressed to pick Billie the whippet-poodle out in a crowd of his canine contemporaries. Like many young dogs, he is full of beans and capable of melting hearts even when up to mischie

In Sydney, Australia, sulfur-crested cockatoos have a reputation for raiding skips and bins and being able to figure out a way past almost any lock people might use to try and keep them out. Now, they