• DID YOU KNOW?
  The oldest ape was a male orang-utan called Guas in the Philadelphia ...

• Oldest horse
  The oldest known horse was born in 1760 and died at the age of 62 in ...

• Ancient Nero
  Nero, a lion in the Cologne Zoo, West Germany, died at the age of 29 ...

• Life on the wing
  Bats normally live for 10-20 years. The oldest bat known is an Indian ...

• Amazing But True
  Lemmings are small, hamster-like rodents from Norway. Their lives ...

• Cats and dogs
  Domestic cats usually live longer than dogs. The oldest cat was ...

• Shortest life
  The tiny shrew has the shortest life-span of all the mammals. Most ...

• Tail first
  The biggest animal baby is a blue whale calf. Unlike most mammals, ...

• Marsupial mother
  When a baby kangaroo, or 'joey', is born it is only about the size of ...

• DID YOU KNOW?
  All the pet hamsters in the world are descended from the same mother. ...