Death toll sparks calls for companies to be fined under animal welfare legislation over mass fish deaths Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast At least 4 million salmon died ...

A partial skeleton dating back more than two million years is the most complete yet of Homo habilis, one of the earliest known species in our genus “A finding like this does give hope,” says William ...

The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine, officially went extinct in 1936. The last confirmed individual died in captivity after being locked outside during a cold night. But that date marks ...

‍U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender has asked the International Olympic Committee for a wildcard into the 2026 Winter Olympics after Canada's skeleton team withdrew four athletes from a competition ...

IOC President Kirsty Coventry had been asked to intervene after Katie Uhlaender was the victim of alleged competition manipulation, causing her to miss out on February's Winter Olympics. The ...

Katie Uhlaender's hopes of making the women's skeleton field for next month's Milan Cortina Games have been thwarted again, after U.S. officials said Monday that the International Olympic Committee ...

An emu has been removed from a railway line in East Yorkshire, Network Rail has confirmed. The driver of a Hull to Liverpool service reported that the bird was on the line near Oxmardyke level ...

Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender says she should have been going to the 2026 Olympics in Italy next month. As a veteran of five Winter Games from 2006 to 2022, sliding in Turin, Vancouver, Sochi, ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Skeleton may slightly trail luge and bobsleigh in the sliding sport speed rankings but with its athletes' heads skimming only centimetres from a tunnel of ...

U.S. skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender claims she has been robbed of a chance to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Uhlaender, 41, was hoping to be the first woman to compete in the Winter ...

After making its first Olympic appearance in the 1928 Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, skeleton became a permanent Olympic fixture with both men's and women's events in 2002. A new mixed team ...

Since Beijing 2022, Olympic skeleton has seen a clear power shift. Breakout stars like Great Britain's Matt Weston, Canada's Hallie Clarke, and the United States' Mystique Ro have surged to the top, ...