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Boom in quinoa demand stresses Bolivia highlands
The growing global demand for quinoa by health food enthusiasts isn't just raising prices for the Andean "super grain" and living standards among ...
New digs: Federal research chimps savor retirement
For the first time in their lives, four aging chimpanzees once used in federal research can go outside whenever they like. They can lie on the grass, ...
DiCaprio calls for ivory trade ban in Thailand
Leonardo DiCaprio wants Thailand to ban all ivory trade in the country as part of a global campaign to tackle illegal wildlife crimes. World Wildlife ...
Nestle finds horse meat in beef pasta meals
The world's biggest food and drinks maker Nestle SA has become the latest company to pull some of its products off European shelves after they were ...
TV special shows glory, trauma of military dogs
It's been almost seven months since a bomb exploded on a strip of dirt in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Leonard Anderson can ...
Germany: Tighter controls needed on meat products
German officials on Monday vowed tighter controls on meat products and stronger penalties for companies that violate food-labeling rules as more items ...
'Flipper,' 'Lassie' trainer-turned-activist dies
Pat Derby — a former Hollywood trainer for Flipper, Lassie and other performing animals who later devoted her life to protecting them after seeing ...
Texas baby gorilla going to Cincinnati Zoo
A gorilla born at a South Texas zoo last month is headed to Ohio to be introduced to a troop at a zoo there because the baby's mother has been ...
Study: Hummingbirds migrating earlier in spring
Ruby-throated hummingbirds are migrating to North America weeks earlier than in decades past, and research indicates that higher temperatures in their ...
Buehrle to leave family behind to care for dog
Mark Buehrle won't be experiencing the dog days of summer. While the pitcher is headed to Toronto, his family will split the season between Broward ...
Dolphin entangled in fishing line freed off Calif.
A dolphin that got entangled in a discarded fishing line has been freed after an hour-long rescue effort off San Diego. Lifeguards and SeaWorld animal ...
Runners and riders in Europe's horsemeat scandal
The European Union agreed Friday to begin random DNA checks on meat products in a bid to put a lid on a spreading scandal over horsemeat, while ...
Charlie Sheen pays for injured teen's therapy dog
There's a 15-year-old Florida girl who didn't really know much about Charlie Sheen before this week — but does now. The actor wired ...
Knut the polar bear becomes museum display
Adorable in life, still attracting admirers in death: Knut the polar bear's hide has been mounted on a polyurethane body and is going on display in ...
NY man gets prison time, fine for rhino horn buy
A New York City antiques dealer who admitted he illegally bought rhinoceros horns has been sentenced to six months in prison. David Hausman also was ...
Yao talks animal rights at zoo visit
Yao Ming fed a giraffe, petted a rhino and watched an elephant do a headstand during a visit to the Houston Zoo on Thursday. The former Houston ...
Horsemeat: French company blamed, UK arrests
The price, smell and color should have been clear tipoffs something was wrong with shipments of horsemeat that were fraudulently labeled as beef, ...
Study: Fish in drug-tainted water suffer reaction
What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social ...
Brown-and-white whistling owl ID'd as new species
Researchers looking for a nocturnal bird in Indonesia accidentally identified a new species of owl — one that has a distinct whistling song and is ...
3 charged in smuggling horns of endangered rhinos
Three people have been charged with participating in an international smuggling ring that traffics in the horns of endangered black rhinos. The U.S.
Ky. pastor wants snakes confiscated in Tenn.
Pastor Jamie Coots insists he wasn't trying to wriggle out of anything or rattle anyone's cage when he drove five snakes through Tennessee. He just ...
LBJ and Lady Bird courtship love letters released
Days after the congressional aide met the University of Texas history and journalism graduate in Austin, he boldly proposed marriage. Claudia Alta ...
Clues to why most survived China melamine scandal
Scientists wondering why some children and not others survived one of China's worst food safety scandals have uncovered a suspect: germs that live in ...
Review: 'All in the Timing' has wordplay and wit
With perfect timing to brighten winter doldrums comes a revival of David Ives' hilarious six-pack of one-act plays, "All In the Timing." The comical, ...
South Africa says 96 rhinos poached so far in 2013
South African authorities say at least 96 rhinoceros have been killed so far this year, as rampant poaching for their horns to sell to buyers in Asia ...