From Santa’s reindeer and the Hanukkah armadillo to some very festive sea worms, our changing world is changing life for creatures great and small.

Talking of alcohol, rumour has it in Sunderland there is a new drinking game taking the city’s drinking establishments by ...

When a ship sinks, it is often in tragic circumstances. Beneath the waves, however, a different story unfolds: shipwrecks become the foundations of new life. Rusting hulls, broken masts and even piles ...