Two female giraffes at a zoo in central Poland died after vandals broke into the facility, and officials said today they are trying to find a companion for their last remaining giraffe — a male.

Polar bears Walker and Arktos have been spotted sleeping "nose to nose" since they officially moved in together at a wildlife park.

A baby wallaby has made her home in a zoo keeper's rucksack after being found outside her mother's pouch.

For years, Jacek Kusz found his mind was elsewhere: in his past, reminiscing; or in the future, planning his next project. Until, that is, a sickly monkey changed his perspective.

Britain's only pandas have run out of time to mate as their limited breeding season drew to a close.

The only pandas in the UK have now been brought together as the female has been judged ready to mate.

For any hoax to work, it needs a hint of credibility. But those responsible for making them up were surely astonished when they actually came true

To the younger generation of music fans, "indie" is a genre, a ubiquitous term used to describe artfully scruffy purveyors of white-boy guitar pop. In the late Seventies and Eighties, however, it was an abbreviation of "independent", used to distinguish the small, self-financed, artist-friendly record labels - the type started in garages, garden sheds and behind the counters of record shops - from their corporate counterparts.

The UK's only female giant panda will be ready to mate next week, her keepers predict.

Politician faces quiz over expenses

Chemicals in plastic may cause obesity

Bolton footballer in critical condition

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The Vatican is hoping a 2ft crocodile can produce a thaw in its relations with Communist Cuba, as the Pope prepares to visit the island later this month.