A lion and bear rescued from captivity in northern Albania arrived in animal sanctuaries in Germany in early December after ...

Encouraging, in the largest ever police bust of wildlife trafficking, merely 7 rhino horns were found amid over 100,000 ...

Last month, 48 animals — including endangered species like Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus), greater adjutant storks (Leptoptilos dubius) and Bengal slow lorises (Nycticebus bengalensis) — were ...

Last weekend, a woman was mauled by a lioness at Darling Downs Zoo in Queensland, and lost her arm. The zoo, which keeps nine lions, has been operating for 20 years and had never experienced an ...

Scientists now believe that all mammals and birds — even the octopus — are conscious beings, capable of thinking, feeling emotion and suffering. That's creating a sea change in attitudes toward the ...

Saharan Africa towers the giraffe, draped in mosaics of brown and tan patches. Long regarded as a single species, this iconic ...

In one of several such crackdowns, forest authorities in Bangladesh recently rescued 48 animals — including endangered species — from an illegal mini zoo in Mymensingh. The animals were found in poor ...