Animals

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Why do we say ‘horse of a different colour’?

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Winged warriors: pigeons in the First World War

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10 strange historical facts about Finland

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Q&A Where was England's first zoo?

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Old news: A tiger braves the mean streets of east London

A detail of a fresco of Hannibal riding his elephant. It is estimated he took as many as 40 elephants when he marched an army across the Alps and into northern Italy. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

Q&A How many elephants did Hannibal take over the Alps?

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Top 10 strange history stories

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Deadly beasts of Tudor England

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First ever kangaroo and dingo paintings to remain in UK

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‘Earliest portrait of guinea pig’ revealed in unseen painting

The master of dressage

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In 1830 a keeper at the Tower of London menagerie accidentally removed the barrier between a lion and two tigers. The animals were eventually prised apart, by which point the lion had been fatally wounded. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Life with the lions: the Tower of London menagerie

A woodcut showing Prince Rupert of the Rhine's pet poodle Boy being killed at the battle of Marston Moor

The prince and the devil dog: the strange story of Prince Rupert’s poodle ‘Boy’

British soldier, explorer and big game hunter Frederick Selous, pictured in 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The hunter who became a naturalist