Woolly wonders: FEMAIL picks out the best buys for embracing this season’s knitwear trends Emily Monckton says the humble knit has been given a high-fashion makeover British style expert shares her advice for embracing the trend throughout winter She also picked out fashionable knitwear items to suit all budgets By Emily Monckton For The Daily … Read more
Udderly brilliant! Cows are fitted with woolly BRAS in the world’s coldest village as temperatures drop to -45C in Siberia Video footage shows cows wearing fur or wool-lined bras as temperatures drop Cows are fitted with the triangular bras in Oymyakon, Russian region of Yakutia Bras help protect tender skin on the udder and saves … Read more
Pub-goers in England wrapped up in scarves and woolly hats tonight as the continued ban on households mixing indoors for most of the country forced punters to brave chilly outdoor seating areas. Tumbling temperatures did not deter friends in Tier 2 from meeting at bars and restaurants for the first time in a month – … Read more
Early North American explorers bred dogs so they would have ‘woolly hair’ that could be sheared like a sheep – and then spun it into clothing and blankets, a study found. Iain McKenchnie and colleagues from the Hakai Institute examined the records of more than 170,000 canine bones dug up at 210 sites in the Pacific … Read more
Forget puffball sleeves, shoulder pads and perms. If there’s one fashion item that really harks back to the 1980s it’s Princess Diana’s sheep jumper. The playful knit — featuring rows of white sheep and a single black sheep on a red background — caused quite a stir when the royal bride-to-be, newly engaged to Prince … Read more
Woolly jumper: Hilarious moment Bammie the sheep bounces around on childrens’ garden trampoline The sheep, called Bammie, lives in the garden in Vlagtwedde in the Netherlands A small girl watches the hilarious event and jumps up and down with excitement The curious animal appears to be enjoying itself as it leaps high in the air By … Read more
Chilly Brits are lighting fires and pulling on their woolly socks this Bank Holiday Monday as the nation prepares for the coldest last August bank holiday in 50 years. Forecasters are predicting today to be the coldest late August Bank Holiday for 50 years, as temperatures tumble to just 11C (52F). The chilly spell is … Read more
Researchers have uncovered what they believe was the unusual last meal of a prehistoric pup that lived 14,000 years ago. Following a reanalysis of the mummified canine, the team found preserved remains of a woolly rhinoceros hiding in its stomach – complete with the animal’s yellow fur. The ancient canine, either a wolf or a … Read more
Researchers have uncovered what they believe was the unusual last meal of a prehistoric pup that lived 14,000 years ago. Following a reanalysis of the mummified canine, the team found preserved remains of a woolly rhinoceros hiding in its stomach – complete with the animal’s yellow fur. The ancient pup appeared to have been frozen … Read more
Human hunters were not responsible for killing off the woolly rhino, according to a new study of the extinct creature’s genome that found climate change is to blame. Experts from Stockholm University sequenced ancient DNA taken from 14 woolly rhinoceros fossils to find out the state of their population near the end of their existence. … Read more