Scientist in South Africa believe they have successfully identified the first time the rabies virus has spread to sea mammals ...

The only other known case of rabies in a sea mammal was in a ringed seal in Norway's Svalbard islands in the early 1980s.

Shop our picks for the cutest Halloween costumes for your pet, with both spooky and silly options for dogs and cats.

The cost of ceremonial bearskin caps worn by the King’s Guard has risen 30 per cent in a year, according to figures from the ...

Fabric finds are typically rare for archaeologists because these materials disintegrate quickly in most environments.

The dripping of water. The skittering of rats. And the tortured moans of the people imprisoned there. During the Middle Ages, medieval torture devices made life for anyone accused of a crime — ...

The Spanish Donkey, also called the “chevalet” or simply the “wooden horse,” was one of the cruelest of the medieval torture devices. Thought to have emerged during the Holy Inquisition in ...

Two million Cape fur seals live along a 3,000km (1,864-mile) coastline stretching from southern Angola to Algoa Bay on the east coast of South Africa. The seals spend days or weeks at sea ...

What are the best medieval games? Rare is a videogame that doesn’t feature at least one sword, suit of armor, or roast chicken. Still, they’re usually mixed in with bearded hermits slinging ...

The meteorite that roared through the Eastern Cape skies on 25 August travelled at 20.1 kilometres per second. When it exploded, energy equal to 92 tonnes of dynamite being detonated was released.