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Gabon destroys 5 tons of illegal ivory
Gabon's president set fire to the country's stockpile of illegal ivory in what environmentalists are calling a bold move aimed at stopping the rampant ...
Uggie leaves paw prints at famed Grauman's theater
Every dog has its day — and Monday belonged to Uggie. The canine star of the Oscar-winning film "The Artist" became the first dog to put its paw ...
What was he thinking? Study turns to ape intellect
The more we study animals, the less special we seem. Baboons can distinguish between written words and gibberish. Monkeys seem to be able to do ...
Animal smarts: What do dolphins and dogs know?
It's not just man's closer primate relatives that exhibit brain power. Dolphins, dogs and elephants are teaching us a few lessons, too. Dolphin brains ...
Michigan county cracks down on unlicensed dogs
Hey, was that a bark? With 18 full-time enforcers, a Michigan county is going door-to-door to find dogs that don't have a license, an effort that ...
Endangered Sumatran rhino gives birth in Indonesia
A highly endangered Sumatran rhinoceros gave birth to a calf Saturday in western Indonesia, a forestry official said. It is only the fifth known birth ...
Chimp champ Goodall crusades against deforestation
Even in the veritable tower of Babel that is the United Nations' largest-ever conference, it's safe to assume that Jane Goodall was the only one ...
Kenyan authorities to arrest lion killers
Maasai warriors who speared to death six lions in the outskirts of Nairobi will be arrested for killing wildlife, which is a crime in Kenya, an ...
Lions speared: Kenya's human-animal conflicts grow
Crouching at dawn in the savannah's tall grass, the lions tore through the flesh of eight goats. Dogs barked, women screamed and men with the rank of ...
Florida man flies, rescues, his 1,000th animal
On a recent June day, Jeff Bennett flew his four-seat plane from the mangrove-dotted Florida Keys, past some angry thunder clouds to the fertile hills ...
People, zoo animals flee Minnesota city flooding
Exhausted and depressed, Michelle Henry sat in a Red Cross shelter, filling out paperwork and worried about what she'll find when she is able to ...
House approves waiver of border environmental laws
The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow the Border Patrol to circumvent more than a dozen environmental laws on ...
Gelato for dogs as Italy heats up
Leave it to Italians to come up with just the thing to survive the dog days of summer: canine gelato. This Italian ice cream for dogs contains no ...
Reports: Swedish zoo worker killed in wolf attack
Media reports say a zookeeper has died after being attacked by wolves in their enclosure in Sweden's largest zoo. The TT news agency quoted Kolmarden ...
US wildfires fuel urgency for forest restoration
As firefighters battle blazes in New Mexico and Colorado that have forced evacuations and destroyed hundreds of structures, the U.S. Forest Service ...
Study: Cougars again spreading across Midwest
Cougars are again spreading across the Midwest a century after the generally reclusive predators were hunted to near extinction in much of the region, ...
Australia creates largest area of marine reserves
Australia has created the world's largest network of marine reserves and will restrict fishing as well as oil and gas exploration in a major step to ...
Mud-slinging campaign overshadows Egypt elections
In Egypt's highly polarizing presidential campaign, both sides have been going for the jugular. Wild accusations have been flying, and Egyptians are ...