NPR reports that a recent study found that many animal species long believed to be mute do, in fact, vocalize. The paper's lead author, Gabriel Jorgewich Cohen, says that his project began after he read about a turtle in the Amazon making sounds.
Omid Scobie's 'Endgame' keeps spilling the royal tea.
‘You are not obligated to rename your dog,’ one person writes in defence
Dutch version of book pulped after king and duchess named as speculating about skin colour of Harry and Meghan’s son, in pages on ‘unconscious bias’
Piers Morgan, the broadcaster, may have finally blown apart the long-running Royal “racism row” when he named on his Talk TV show two members of the Royal family a new book claims were the individuals so disgracefully implicated by the Duchess of Sussex. You may recall that Morgan was sacked by ITV when he said, after the Sussexes’ interview with Oprah, that he didn’t believe a word Meghan had said. Like millions of us, he has had enough of this manipulative, malevolent nonsense, apparently calc
Pop star shares cryptic post as her younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, quits ‘I’m a Celeb’
The powers that choose to play the Great Game on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan have never prospered. Despite the courage of generals and the brains of political agents, their best-laid plans – whether British in the 19th century, Russian in the 20th, or American in the 21st – have generally ended in disaster and retreat. Now it seems that China – which has long treated Pakistan as its client and proxy in a push for a defining regional role, most recently through the Belt and Road I
Ukraine’s SBU security service carried out an overnight explosion on a key rail route between Russia and China, law enforcement agencies told NV on Nov. 30.
Illness is rife in the I'm a Celebrity jungle, with stars including Nella Rose, Fred Sirieix and Sam Thompson taken ill
Two years ago, after yet another couple of nights of rioting in the banlieues, twenty retired French generals wrote an open letter to Emmanuel Macron, then about to run for a second term, warning that the divisions between communities and increasing “violence and nihilism” in France would eventually cause a social breakdown, with a risk of “chaos” leading to a “civil war” that would then “require” a military “intervention… in a dangerous mission to protect our civilisational values and safeguard
Italian superstar Mario Balotelli has blasted Brendan Rodgers as the worst manager he has worked under during his career.
A father’s last moments protecting his son before he was murdered in the street by a gang armed with machetes and zombie knives has been caught on CCTV. Kelvin Ward, 50, was stabbed after leaving a KFC with his son, who the gang had been trying to kill, on 18 April. The armed gang launched themselves at Mr Ward as they chased him across the street, before he was fatally stabbed.
As remote Arctic crossing points are shut, officers say they plan to stick to the job in the glare of a geopolitical spotlight
Call off the search: the worst show of 2023 is here. That is, unless you’re a 13-year-old boy, in which case Obliterated (Netflix) is your dream product. Guns! Naked breasts! A lead character who is a government operative but also looks smokin’ hot in a red bikini! And that’s before we get to the script, in which a foreign baddie plots to nuke Las Vegas. Standing in his way is an elite tactical unit (the best kind) whose members say things like: “We’re supposed to stop the bad guy with the bomb”
Ex-Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce is interested in the Republic of Ireland job
Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend Cressida Bonas joined the likes of Zara Tindall and Princess Beatrice to support Princess Eugenie for an important reason on Wednesday night. See photos.
Boris Johnson's wife Carrie has a fun way she maintains her toned post-baby figure after welcoming children Wilfred, Romy and Frank
How’s Brexit working out? There have been some marginal positives, but in terms of the economy, it’s been mainly downside, and on the issues that really matter to voters – particularly immigration and a better functioning health service with more money behind it – Brexit has so far manifestly failed to deliver.
The Princess of Wales has shown off new sleek hair as she welcomed Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden royals to Windsor Castle alongside Prince William
Donald Trump has been accused of using his company’s funds to pay his tax and legal bills, in breach of a court ruling that requires him to notify a financial auditor before withdrawing cash.
As Eurocrats-in-chief go, Ursula von der Leyen has generally been relatively inoffensive to British sensibilities. Most of us were dimly aware that she was one of those people who excel at “failing upwards”, with her emergence as President of the European Commission following a chequered spell as Germany’s defence minister.
