<p>Shark antibodies have been revealed as potentially being able to help make sure there are no future coronavirus pandemics, according to scientists. University of Wisconsin scientists have discovered that small proteins in the blood of the predators could help prepare the world for further outbreaks of Covid-19. The finding could ‘be used down the road <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/sharks-could-be-the-key-to-preventing-pandemics-scientists-reveal/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A team of researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have taught six goldfish how to drive. We’re not sure how many people ever asked for goldfish to be taught to drive, but the idea behind the experiment was to see if the fish could apply their navigational skills in an unfamiliar <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/scientists-teach-goldfish-how-to-drive-on-land-and-its-incredible/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A procedure involving the transplant of pig brain cells has been branded ‘very promising’ for curing epilepsy, following a seemingly successful experiment with a sea lion. Cronutt the sea lion underwent the experimental surgery in October 2020 after his health began to deteriorate as a result of his increasingly frequent epileptic seizures. The animal’s weight <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/pig-brain-cells-may-have-cured-sea-lions-epilepsy-in-very-promising-approach/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A German Shepherd has been credited with helping to save her owner after she escaped a car wreck and managed to lead police back to the scene. New Hampshire police initially thought Tinsley the dog was lost when they found her out by herself, but the dog managed to indicate that she wanted to show <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/dog-escapes-car-wreckage-to-lead-police-back-to-injured-owner/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Warning: Distressing Content A farmer made a shocking discovery after one of his goats gave birth to a kid with what he described as the ‘face of a human’. The ‘human baby-like offspring’ surprised locals in Gangapur village in Dholai Vidhan Sabha constituency of the north-eastern Indian state of Assam. After farmer Shakar Das, 46, <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/mutant-goat-born-with-face-of-a-human-seen-as-sign-from-god/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>I volunteered at Manchester Dogs’ Home during university and walked a dog named Daisy, who had visible stitches all across her face. Whether they were injuries she had sustained from her previous owner, or some she had gained from being on the streets as a stray, I don’t know, but seeing her and the rest <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/its-2021-realise-that-dogs-arent-just-for-christmas/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>To most people, squirrels are nothing more than fluffy woodland creatures; something to wind up the dog, or even pests. For Niki Colemont, they’re a source of comfort and inspiration. Niki was just four years old when the civil war began in his home country of Rwanda in 1990; the same year he and his <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/man-finds-peace-photographing-squirrels-after-escaping-rwandan-civil-war/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The great outdoors is known to do wonders for our mental health, and what better way could there be to experience it than alongside some of the llamas and alpacas that make up Alpacaly Ever After’s Woolly Army? As well as stunning views and a constant flow of tourists, Britain’s Lake District is home to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/former-soldier-now-uses-rescued-llamas-to-help-improve-peoples-mental-health/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>