My partner and I thought we had everything planned out, then life threw us a curve ball.

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Kateri Schwandt was happy with her brood of 14 boys, but then she finally had a little girl – 30 years after her first pregnancy…

Watching her favourite childhood film gave animal lover Olivia Mikhail an unusual, life-changing idea…

From top-dog wolves and wise elder elephants to insect royalty and sex-changing fish, animal alphas take many fascinating forms

For a quarter of a century, the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow has been leading the way in crustacean conservation. Oliver Berry heads west to observe its mission in close-up