The athletes trained almost from birth to compete in the 350-mile race from Nebraska’s Panhandle to Omaha. These racers ...

They flew countless perilous missions in occupied Europe for the British Secret Service during the Second World War, braving attack by deadly German aerial foes and bringing home information vital to ...

In times of war, they have proved safer than radios, more nimble than humans, more fuel-efficient than aircraft. Depending on the price of birdseed. Their exploits, though, have tended to go ...

The Dickin Medal - the animal version of the Victoria Cross - was won by a bird called the Duke of Normandy that was dropped behind enemy lines with Allied paratroopers hours before the invasion. The ...