The following item has been sent in by a previous editor of Column 8, and as such we can't name him. But John (oops!) has a theory on the legless seagulls we've been discussing here for some days. "Everyone knows that seagulls bite one leg off so that they get..read more

IT'S not the orange-bellied parrot this time - but the welfare of the striped legless lizard that may halt controversial Victorian pipeline work.

A BARMAID who drank herself "legless" cannot remember punching another barmaid and kicking a policeman, Maitland Local Court has heard.

IT'S always hard to pinpoint exactly when the festive season starts but it is generally accepted that it ends with the Australia Day weekend. Thankfully, for those of us not partial to drinking ourselves legless, it's over for another year.

Life is tough on the fringes - especially for non-humans, reports Clay Lucas.