Critics file lawsuit, saying the tribute to Medal of Honor recipients does not belong at a downtown park considered to be the city's birthplace. City officials say the suit is meritless.

Chimpanzees used in the entertainment industry are forcibly separated from their mothers while they are often still nursing infants. In the wild, chimpanzees remain close to their mothers until they're about 8 years old and are inseparable from their

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., introduced legislation before the House of Representatives Nov. 20 that would identify derogatory mascots in schools and create a grant program to assist in changing offensive images. The bill, known as the NATIVE Act...

Rite Aid Pharmacy and stores sell GNC shark cartilage products.They also sell"Dancing Paws"shark cartilage for Dogs.Please join with me and send letters asking the Rite Aid Corporation to stop carrying theses products.The sharks lives and ocean eco

A man who had more than 100 live dogs and 150 dead ones in his Detroit-area home has been found competent to stand trial on animal cruelty charges

Marine sanctuary officials are still working to cut loose a young humpback whale entangled in several hundred yards of heavy plastic rope in Hawaiian waters

Big cats such as the Lynx Canadensis have been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, however, unfortunately no one knows how many of the cats remain in the United States. Confirmed populations exist only in Maine, Minnesota,

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!

EAST GREENBUSH, NY -- "Tomorrow Karen would have been 40 years old," said Bill Dikant. He remembers it like it was yesterday.

SOUTH CAROLINA -- A South Carolina man is sentenced to life in prison with no parole in connection with the death of a Schoharie County truck driver.