An investigation is under way following the recent shooting dead of a white-tailed eagle in Co Westmeath. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is appealing for information, following the ...

Lemurs, lizards, whales — all are famed for their tails in some way. But which animal has the longest tail of all? In proportion to their bodies, grass lizards have the longest tails of any ...

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History teaches that financial complexity always creeps upward. Lately that trend has reached investor-friendly exchange-traded funds.

Previous research had found that maintaining stiffness in the tail was crucial in allowing flight, but scientists had been baffled by how this was achieved. They have now discovered that the ...