The two terrified baby gorillas, both female, were brought to the Lesio-Louna reserve in the Congo Basin shortly after witnessing the brutal slaughter of the rest of their family group at the hands of some poachers. They were so traumatised by what they h

Solitary confinement is torture for an animal as intensely social as an elephant. Yet the Valley Zoo in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada is resisting calls to send its lonely elephant, Lucy, to a natural-habitat sanctuary. She needs your help now!

Two baby gorillas left orphaned after a 2007 attack on a national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been settling into their new home at another national park. It's quite a change from ...

He was also found unanimously guilty of breaching administrative law enforcement regulations governing the protection of wildlife and possessing dead protected birds in a chest freezer. In all he had 20 dead birds, namely black-necked grebe, cormorant,

Kitty killer Cheyenne Cherry will serve two years in jail for roasting her friend's pet in a 500-degree oven. The Bronx teen agreed to the deal Wednesday for breaking into her friend's Bronx apartment on May 6 and standing by as her 14-year

After nearly 40 years of struggling for survival, the brown pelican is coming off the endangered species list

Parks Canada wants a home where buffalo can roam. They've got their eyes on scenic Banff, Alta., but the Alberta government is cool to the idea

This year there was a Special two-part Session to take an in-depth look at the Changing Role of Hunting in North American Conservation. The first session of the program dealt with the human value, motivation and the importance of hunting in human terms.

The Obama administration on Thursday proposed setting aside 200,000 square miles off Alaska and along its shorelines as "critical habitat" for polar bears -- an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas.

Is empathy a uniquely human trait?