A popular pair of endangered peregrine falcons have hatched three chicks on the ledge of a downtown Winnipeg hotel. The pair, which have nested on a ledge on the 13th floor for the past few years, returned despite being struck by misfortune in 2008.

The federal government wants to find a couple of additional retirement homes for old mustangs. The Bureau of Land Management is seeking bids to house up to 6,000 Western wild horses unlikely to be adopted because they are too old and because the agency

An overdue bald eagle egg finally hatched early Wednesday morning on a nest high up a tree near Sidney on Vancouver Island, a biologist said.

Genetic testing has confirmed about 18 Jefferson salamanders live in natural areas of Hidden Valley. Planners have responded by stalling the extension of River Road (in Kitchener, ON) until next spring, waiting for Ontario to finalize new protection rules

A CBC News investigation into the horse slaughter industry in Canada, including hidden-camera footage from one slaughterhouse in Saskatchewan, is raising questions about how horses are being killed.

Winnipeg's fire department has been called in to rescue a family of peregrine falcons that appear to be in distress in deep water in their nesting area on a downtown hotel.

A federal agency will trap - rather than shoot - a coyote that has attacked a cat and chased a dog near Navy housing in Seattle's Discovery Park. The Navy asked the Agriculture Department Wildlife Services to kill the coyote. The agency's Ken Gruver,

New South Wales in Australia may ban sales of cats and dogs from pet stores. It wouldn't be the first place to do so. Both Belgium and Croatia recently banned such sales.

Kenyan authorities are battling swarms of locusts, which are reported to have damaged crops. A BBC correspondent says it is the first time such large numbers have been seen in Kenya for 45 years. The ravenous creatures - which are capable of strippi

Telea Hairstreak butterfly, which has not been seen in the United States in more than 70 years, was spotted in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. A visitor to the Falcon State Park photographed the rare butterfly on Monday, posted it on his Web site