Couple’s act of kindness to mates suffering under Melbourne’s lockdown – how you can get involved

Couple’s incredible act of kindness to mates suffering under Melbourne’s gruelling lockdown – and how you can get involved too Ballarat couple sent groceries to friends in Melbourne via online shopping apps They suggested others do the same in a large private Facebook group The motivation is helping people suffering financially during the lockdown  Mums … Read more

Colour-changing frog turns blue in UK ‘for the first time in 700 years’ to impress potential mates

Colour-changing frog turns blue in UK ‘for the first time in 700 years’… to impress potential mates and outwit rival males Male moor frogs which are widespread in Europe turn blue in spring for mating Harvey Tweats and Tom Whitehurst from Staffordshire own breeding company Teens created breeding enclosure and played sounds of males mating … Read more

Guinea pigs seduce potential mates by singing love songs and performing a rumba, scientists say 

They’re hot to trot! Guinea pigs seduce potential mates by singing love songs and performing a rumba, scientists say Male guinea pigs have a personalised purr to attract mates, scientists found After a sniff and bit of grooming, they then move their hips in a rhythmic way  Researchers from Brazil say their study is the … Read more

Police probe Scholes AGAIN over lockdown ‘breach’ as he posts Instagram vid of hike with four mates

Police probe Paul Scholes AGAIN over lockdown ‘breach’ as he posts Instagram video of hike with four mates on Saddleworth Moor Former Manchester United ace, 46, uploaded Instagram video on Friday Showed Scholes enjoying a hill walk with four friends by Dovestone Reservoir The area is more than six miles from Oldham where he lives … Read more

Rod Stewart reveals he’s ‘mates’ again with Elton John after ending ‘spiteful’ feud

Rod Stewart has reportedly ended his ‘spiteful’ fallout with old pal Elton John, saying sorry almost three years after they fell out.   Things had became strained in 2018 when the Maggie May rocker, 76, poked fun at the Your Song singer’s retirement tour and again in 2019 after he made a remark about the biopic based … Read more

PETER SHILTON: Ray Clemence was my rival on the field but we were great mates off it

PETER SHILTON: Ray Clemence was my rival on the field and we competed for the England No 1 shirt… but off it we were always great mates, roomed together for 10 years and never talked about football Ex-Liverpool, Tottenham and England keeper Ray Clemence has died aged 72 Clemence and Peter Shilton competed for the … Read more

Lonely Grouper fish became ‘depressed’ after eating all his tank mates

Lonely Grouper fish who became ‘depressed’ with no visitors during lockdown after EATING all his tank mates celebrated 16th birthday with salmon cake made by aquarium staff Grumpy looking grouper Mikko live in Linnanmaki Sea Life centre in Helsinki Fish has ‘tenancy to eat all his tank mates’ and so has been forced to live … Read more

My little pony pal: Huge Shire horse becomes stable mates with Shetland pony who’s HALF her size

My little pony: Huge Shire horse becomes stable mates with Shetland pony who’s HALF her size Shona, a miniature Shetland pony made friends with Anna, a horse twice her size The unlikely duo from Cheshire are tallest and shortest residents at the stud farm There is 44 inches between them but they can often be found playing … Read more

Squeak the Scottie takes bread trolley for a high-speed spin – with help from his terrier mates 

Bark and ride! Squeak the Scottie takes bread trolley for a high-speed spin – with help from his terrier mates Lynn Russell, 45, recorded energetic pack in her garden in Guildford, Surrey Squeak, the 12-year-old Scottie, climbed aboard the bread trolley as it was pulled The group of pooches enthusiastically wagged their tails and yapped … Read more

Rock rabbits sing to attract mates and snorts to keep his listeners ‘from droning off’

The rock hyrax, found across Africa and the Middle East, is one of the few mammals known to sing. The song of the small furry animal, which is closely related to the elephant, is punctuated with snorts that indicate its emotional state. Researchers say the harshness of the snort is ‘linked to both the singer’s social … Read more