
Endangered elephant killings rising in Indonesia
Poisoning or shooting killed many of the 129 critically endangered elephants that have died on Indonesia's Sumatra island in less than a decade, ...

Gator taken from Ohio home, video showed taunts
A 7-foot alligator found in an Ohio man's basement is malnourished, has bone disease from a lack of sun for 15 years and was being taunted by ...

Scientists warn Atlantic puffins in peril in US
The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world. In the ...

In Vietnam, a Cuban rat poison finds new market
His wares banned in much of the world, the Vietnamese salesman hawking a rat poison laced with salmonella sought to prove the bait was as safe as ...
2 Kosovo bear cubs slaughtered for gallbladders
Kosovo authorities say two bear cubs have been slaughtered for their gallbladders and dumped in a garbage bin. Gezime Hasani, a spokeswoman for ...

2 new viruses could both spark global outbreaks
Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle ...

Study: New bird flu jumped directly from chickens
Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans became infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live ...

Lithuanian veterinarians scramble to save horses
Lithuanian veterinarians and animal activists fought Friday to save the lives of 122 horses found without adequate food or shelter on a farm near ...
Shark wrestler's heroics land him in hot water
A 62-year-old British man who became an Internet sensation after wrestling with a shark on an Australian beach says he was fired after his employer ...
US panel sees risk in long-used osteoporosis drug
A panel of U.S. government health experts says a long-established bone strengthening drug should no longer be used by women because there is little ...

Crosby scores twice as Penguins beat Lightning 5-3
Evgeni Malkin stepped up when Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby battled concussion problems for the better part of two seasons. Now, it's ...

Royal penguin stranded on New Zealand beach dies
A royal penguin that became stranded on a beach more than 1,000 miles from its sub-Antarctic home has died at a New Zealand zoo. The penguin was ...
Bird flu found at German farm; ducks slaughtered
About 14,000 ducks at a German farm are being slaughtered following a bird flu outbreak. A federal laboratory confirmed Friday the H5N1 virus was ...

Ireland recalls 10 mln burgers on horsemeat fears
An Irish meat processor recalled 10 million burgers Wednesday from supermarkets across Ireland and Britain amid fears that many could contain ...

Indian park battles poachers targeting rhino horn
Out of the early morning mists and tall grass of northeast India emerges a massive creature with a dinosaur-like face, having survived millions of ...
France's Bardot threatens exile over elephants
Sex symbol-turned-animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot is threatening to join actor Gerard Depardieu in Russian exile unless France halts the ...