Animals


How cats control your brain

Finally: scientific proof that cats do, in fact, have secret powers of mind control and will eventually rule us all. All hail our new fuzzy overlords!

Mystery cat travels by bus

A purple-collared English feline gets onto the busy Walsall to Wolverhampton bus at the same stop most mornings — then jumps off 400m down the road, next to a fish and chip shop. Curious.

Roadkill of the week: Red Fox Vulpes vulpes

I came across this beautiful - even in death - example of a Red Fox in my recent travels in the Coorong in the south-east of South Australia, writes Bob Gosford.

Scientists create glow-in-the-dark monkeys

Don’t you hate when the light blows and you can’t find your monkey? Problem: solved.