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The cute cubs were given vaccinations before prowling confidently onto their habitat.

Scientists have managed to film a spectacular event rarely witnessed by humans: a sperm whale giving birth while other females worked together to support the mother and her newborn.

Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, newly hatched sea turtles emerged on a Gabonese beach to embark on the treacherous 10-metre (33-foot) scramble across the sand to the ocean. 

Groundbreaking research shows female relatives — both young and old — acting as "midwives" as a sperm whale gives birth.

The fossil find suggests that the closest ancestors to modern apes may have emerged in northern Africa rather than what was previously believed.

The tiny Caribbean island of Terre-de-Haut boasts pristine turquoise waters and deserted coves. It also has goats, hundreds of them.

Pet lovers eagerly gathered around a container to snap photos of meerkats at a Beijing animal fair, each selling for $320, while nearby a raccoon nervously paced in a cage only slightly bigger than itself.

An Australian dog credited with saving over 100 koalas from bushfires is retiring after a decade of service.

There is a limit on how many times a mammal can be cloned before suffering "mutational meltdown", Japanese scientists have discovered, after making 1,200 clones over two decades that started off with a single mouse.

Scientists investigated how the tiny, wingless insects are able to survive in freezing cold temperatures