A 40-million-year-old fossilised whale previously thought to be the heaviest animal of all time is now thought to weigh less than a blue whale. The huge, 17-metre-long whale, which was believed to ...

For comparison, the richest ice cream clocks in at only 16% fat. And after just three to five days guzzling the stuff, seal pups double their body weight. But seals aren't the only animals with ...

Keith Marley, of The New Arc Animal Rescue Centre, near Ellon, said: "He's about the size of a World Cup football, after overfeeding." Mr Marley said it was the heaviest hedgehog they could find a ...