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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 ...
7 charged with smuggling fish bladders to China
Seven people have been charged with smuggling bladders from an endangered fish in what authorities said Wednesday may be a growing international ...
Ohio zoo's baby monkey named for CBS TV character
The Columbus Zoo's recent additions include a monkey named after a quirky scientist character on the CBS comedy "The Big Bang Theory." The colobus ...
BBC plans 'Tweet of the Day,' radio for birds
Remember when tweeting was for the birds? The BBC is hoping to revive that simpler time with "Tweet of the Day" — an early-morning radio program ...
South Africa: fight over rhino poaching escalates
A U.S. firm recently gave smart phones to some game rangers in South Africa to help them track poachers who kill rhinos for their horns.
Germany: Bieber's monkey going nowhere
German customs authorities said Tuesday that Justin Bieber's monkey is going nowhere for now even though the singer has apparently asked that it be ...
Mont. man reunited with bird he lost in a divorce
A Great Falls man who lost his macaw in a divorce more than five years ago has been reunited with the bird, thanks to an observant friend. Mike Taylor ...
Pup named Huckleberry crowned 'Beautiful Bulldog'
If at first you don't succeed, wipe the slobber off and try again. Just ask 4-year-old pup Huckleberry, who was crowned Monday as this year's ...
Kan. woman meets circus tiger in bathroom
A central Kansas woman likely won't remember her first circus for the clowns or performances — it'll be the tiger in the bathroom. The big cat had ...
Vietnam police seize 53 king cobras from car
Vietnamese police say they have seized 53 king cobras from a car in Hanoi and arrested the driver. Officer Dang Van Hanh said Monday the live snakes ...
SeaWorld makes a splash on NYSE as stock gains
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. made a splash Friday in its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The owner of theme parks famous for water ...
3 years later: oil spill cleanup, study carries on
At first glance, the marshy, muddy coastline of Bay Jimmy in southeast Louisiana appears healthy three years after the nation's worst offshore oil ...
WHO: China bird flu not spreading easily in humans
There's no evidence a new bird flu strain is spreading easily among people in China even though there may be sporadic cases of the virus spreading to ...
How Chinese bird flu infects humans still mystery
Almost three weeks after China reported finding a new strain of bird flu in humans, experts are still stumped by how people are becoming infected when ...
Scientists decode DNA of 'living fossil' fish
Scientists have decoded the DNA of a celebrated "living fossil" fish, gaining new insights into how today's mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds ...
EU: Test show no safety issues with horsemeat
More than 7,000 tests across the European Union have shown that nearly 5 percent of the food products labeled as beef contained horse meat, but there ...
South Africa: Elephant handler trampled to death
A handler at an elephant park in South Africa was trampled to death while taking elephants out for exercise, the park's owner said Tuesday.
Boat filled with protected species hits coral reef
A Chinese boat that ran into a coral reef in the southwestern Philippines held evidence of even more environmental destruction inside: more than ...
Reptiles, insects, otter die in Scotland zoo fire
A fire has claimed the lives of reptiles, insects and a male otter at the Five Sisters Zoo in Scotland. Officials said Sunday the blaze started in the ...
Lithuanian woman shares home with 3 puma cubs
A Lithuanian woman says she has been raising three pumas in her three-room apartment after fearing for their lives at the local zoo. Rasa Veliute, a ...
Ancient creature mixed human, apelike traits
Scientists have gained new insights into an extinct South African creature with an intriguing mix of human and apelike traits, and apparently an ...
Wild, unregulated hacker currency gains following
With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink recently struck the kind of deal that's feeding the rise of a new ...
Circus elephant shot in drive-by shot in Miss.
A circus veterinarian says the Asian elephant wounded in a drive-by shooting in Mississippi should be fully recovered within a few weeks.
Dutch recall 50,000 tons of meat across Europe
Dutch authorities are recalling 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef across Europe because its exact source cannot be established and it may contain horse ...