Please don't jump on Cleopatra if you meet her. She isn't a real life red-shelled Koopa Troopa — she's just wearing a 3D-printed prosthesis. See, Cleo the tortoise suffers from pyramiding, which means ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...