Megafauna
Woman Held At S.Africa Airport For Rhino Horn Smuggling
South African police Wednesday arrested a 24-year-old woman with 20 kilogrammes of rhino horn before boarding a flight...
Rhino Poaching Dips Slightly In South Africa
The number of rhinos killed for their horns by poachers in South Africa dipped slightly in the first half of this year,...
Study Throws Dog Domestication Theories To the Wolves
From the tiny chihuahua to the massive Saint Bernard, domestic dogs today trace their roots to a single group of wolves...
Elephant Has ‘miraculous Escape’ After Being Swept 5 MILES Out To Sea
The Sri Lankan navy has rescued an elephant after it was spotted desperately keeping its trunk above water while...
Rhino Kills Hungarian Conservationist In Rwanda
A conservationist who played a key role in reintroducing the eastern black rhino to Rwanda has been killed by one of...
Rhino Kills Conservationist In Rwanda
A conservationist who was training rangers to track and protect black rhinos in Rwanda has been killed by one of the...
Leo DiCaprio and Mexican President Vow To Save Porpoise
Leonardo DiCaprio and Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto have vowed to try to save the vaquita marina porpoise, which...
DiCaprio, Mexico In Push To Save Vaquita Porpoise
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto signed a committment Monday to increase...
Group of 20 Helpless Whales Rescued From Shallow Waters In Sri Lanka
A group of 20 helpless whales that became beached after a cyclone have been rescued. The desperate mammals had become...
Great White Shark Jumps Into Australian Fisherman’s Boat
An elderly Australian fisherman has lived to tell the tale after a great white shark leapt into his boat, surviving...
Morocco Fishermen Decry ‘El Negro’ Dolphin Attacks
In Morocco's northern port city of Al-Hoceima, fishermen are clamouring for state support for a struggling sector which...
France Bans Captive Breeding of Dolphins and Killer Whales
Campaigners hailed the move as the beginning of the end of "marine circuses" France has banned the breeding in...
Black Rhinos To Come Back Home To Rwanda
Around 20 of Africa's endangered Eastern black rhinos are returning in an "extraordinary homecoming" to Rwanda after...
Baby Whales ‘whisper’ To Mothers To Avoid Predators
Newborn humpback whales and their mothers whisper to each other to escape potential predators, scientists reported...
Fatal Attack Reignites Shark Cull Debate In Australia
Australia will consider all proposals to stop shark attacks after the death of a teenage girl, the government says....
Body of Tortoise ‘Lonesome George’ Returned To Galapagos Islands
The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George -- the last known member of a species that was wiped...
No Fresh Whale Strandings Seen In New Zealand
Rescuers found no newly stranded whales Monday on a notorious stretch of New Zealand's coastline where hundreds of...
Fresh Whale Stranding On Notorious New Zealand Beach
Another 200 whales were stranded on a New Zealand coastline late Saturday, frustrating rescuers who had battled through...
New Zealand Rescuers Refloat 100 Stranded Whales
Volunteers in New Zealand have managed to refloat about 100 of the 400 pilot whales that swam aground on a remote beach...