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Gentle, soulful and elegant, greyhounds inspire unending devotion among their many admirers–not least Dame Jilly Cooper and Twiggy–discovers Katy Birchall

Many years ago a friend taught me how to make teddy bears, and I still have a few that are precious to me. But the bear that I treasure the most is a very tiny bear hand stitched by my friend as a spe

They’ve recently made headlines for interfering with boats, but intelligent, family-focused and remarkably long-lived orcas–better known as killer whales–contain multitudes,

The cloning of animals – pets, farm animals, racehorses – is today done routinely on an industrial scale. Bianca Bosker investigates

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Nicky Genders’ adventure of a lifetime started off with bumps in the road until their new four-legged misfit turned their luck around…