Ban on shock collars and trail hunting among Government’s animal welfare plans - The animal welfare strategy, launched on Monday, includes plans to ban trail hunting, for fear it is being used as ...

In something straight out of a comic book, electric eels may be able to shoot DNA into other animals when they zap them with electricity. The electric eel can release up to 860 volts of electricity, ...

Researchers discovered that electric eels, the biggest power-making creature on Earth, can release enough electricity to genetically modify small fish larvae. The electric eel is the biggest ...

The animal welfare strategy, set to be launched on Monday, is among a raft of changes including ban trail hunting and tightening protections aimed at stopping cruel breeding practices such as puppy ...

With powerful jaws and high levels of resistance to toxins, big-bodied sharks such as tiger sharks and great whites can eat just about anything. Sea snakes venomous enough to kill a human with one ...

Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds said the UK was "a nation of animal lovers" and claimed the Government is "delivering the most ambitious animal welfare strategy in a generation". She added: ...

The electric eel is the biggest power-making creature on Earth. It can release up to 860 volts, which is enough to run a machine. In a recent study, a research group from Nagoya University in Japan ...